Side by side
Job 15
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
2Doth a wise man answer <FI>with<Fi> vain knowledge? And fill <FI>with<Fi> an east wind his belly?
2Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
3To reason with a word not useful? And speeches--no profit in them?
3Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
4Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
4Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation beforeGod.
5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
7The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
7Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
8Hast thou listened in the secret council ofGod? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
9What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou--and it is not with us?
9What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
10Both the gray-headed And the very aged <FI>are<Fi> among us--Greater than thy father <FI>in<Fi> days.
10Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
11Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word <FI>is<Fi> with thee,
11Are the consolations ofGod too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
12What--doth thine heart take thee away? And what--are thine eyes high?
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
13For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:
13That thou turnest thy spirit againstGod, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
14What <FI>is<Fi> man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
14What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
15Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
16Also--surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
16How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
17I shew thee--hearken to me--And this I have seen and declare:
17I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
18Which the wise declare--And have not hid--from their fathers.
18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
19To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20`All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
20All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
21A fearful voice <FI>is<Fi> in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
21The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
22He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched <FI>is<Fi> he for the sword.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
23He is wandering for bread--`Where <FI>is<Fi> it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
23He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
24Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
25For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.
25For he hath stretched out his hand againstGod, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
26He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
26He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over <FI>his<Fi> confidence.
27For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
28And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
29He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
29He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
30He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
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 put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
31Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
32Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
32It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
33He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
33He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.