# Job 15

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: [2] “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel
or fill his belly with the hot east wind? [3] Should he argue with useless words
or speeches that serve no purpose? [4] But you even undermine the fear of God
and hinder meditation before Him. [5] For your iniquity instructs your mouth,
and you choose the language of the crafty. [6] Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you;
your own lips testify against you. [7] Were you the first man ever born?
Were you brought forth before the hills? [8] Do you listen in on the council of God
or limit wisdom to yourself? [9] What do you know that we do not?
What do you understand that is not clear to us? [10] Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—
men much older than your father. [11] Are the consolations of God not enough for you,
even words spoken gently to you? [12] Why has your heart carried you away,
and why do your eyes flash, [13] as you turn your spirit against God
and pour such words from your mouth? [14] What is man, that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? [15] If God puts no trust in His holy ones,
if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, [16] how much less man, who is vile and corrupt,
who drinks injustice like water? [17] Listen to me and I will inform you.
I will describe what I have seen, [18] what was declared by wise men
and was not concealed from their fathers, [19] to whom alone the land was given
when no foreigner passed among them. [20] A wicked man writhes in pain all his days;
only a few years are reserved for the ruthless. [21] Sounds of terror fill his ears;
in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him. [22] He despairs of his return from darkness;
he is marked for the sword. [23] He wanders about as food for vultures;
he knows the day of darkness is at hand. [24] Distress and anguish terrify him,
overwhelming him like a king poised to attack. [25] For he has stretched out his hand against God
and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, [26] rushing headlong at Him
with a thick, studded shield. [27] Though his face is covered with fat
and his waistline bulges with flesh, [28] he will dwell in ruined cities,
in abandoned houses destined to become rubble. [29] He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.
His possessions will not overspread the land. [30] He will not escape from the darkness;
the flame will wither his shoots,
and the breath of God’s mouth
will carry him away. [31] Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness,
for emptiness will be his reward. [32] It will be paid in full before his time,
and his branch will not flourish. [33] He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,
like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms. [34] For the company of the godless will be barren,
and fire will consume the tents of bribery. [35] They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;
their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

## Each verse

- Job 15:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/1
- Job 15:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/2
- Job 15:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/3
- Job 15:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/4
- Job 15:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/5
- Job 15:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/6
- Job 15:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/7
- Job 15:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/8
- Job 15:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/9
- Job 15:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/10
- Job 15:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/11
- Job 15:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/12
- Job 15:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/13
- Job 15:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/14
- Job 15:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/15
- Job 15:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/16
- Job 15:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/17
- Job 15:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/18
- Job 15:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/19
- Job 15:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/20
- Job 15:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/21
- Job 15:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/22
- Job 15:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/23
- Job 15:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/24
- Job 15:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/25
- Job 15:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/26
- Job 15:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/27
- Job 15:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/28
- Job 15:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/29
- Job 15:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/30
- Job 15:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/31
- Job 15:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/32
- Job 15:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/33
- Job 15:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/34
- Job 15:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/15/35