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Job 15
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
2 Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
2Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
3Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
4Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation beforeGod.
5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
7Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
8Hast thou listened in the secret council ofGod? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
9What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.
10Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
11Are the consolations ofGod too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
13That thou turnest thy spirit againstGod, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
14What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
15Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
16How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
16How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
17 I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare
17I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
18(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;
18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
19Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):
19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
20All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
21A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
21The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
23He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
24Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
25Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
25For he hath stretched out his hand againstGod, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
26He runneth upon him with astiffneck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
26He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
27For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
29He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath ofGod’smouth shall he go away.
30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
31Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
32It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
32It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.
33He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.