Job 15 | BSB Bible Study

Job 15:1 (BSB)
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Job 15:2 (BSB)
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

Job 15:3 (BSB)
Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?

Job 15:4 (BSB)
But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

Job 15:5 (BSB)
For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

Job 15:6 (BSB)
Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

Job 15:7 (BSB)
Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

Job 15:8 (BSB)
Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

Job 15:9 (BSB)
What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

Job 15:10 (BSB)
Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.

Job 15:11 (BSB)
Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?

Job 15:12 (BSB)
Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

Job 15:13 (BSB)
as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?

Job 15:14 (BSB)
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 15:15 (BSB)
If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

Job 15:16 (BSB)
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

Job 15:17 (BSB)
Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,

Job 15:18 (BSB)
what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,

Job 15:19 (BSB)
to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

Job 15:20 (BSB)
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

Job 15:21 (BSB)
Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

Job 15:22 (BSB)
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Job 15:23 (BSB)
He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

Job 15:24 (BSB)
Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

Job 15:25 (BSB)
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

Job 15:26 (BSB)
rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

Job 15:27 (BSB)
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

Job 15:28 (BSB)
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

Job 15:29 (BSB)
He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

Job 15:30 (BSB)
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Job 15:31 (BSB)
Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

Job 15:32 (BSB)
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

Job 15:33 (BSB)
He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

Job 15:34 (BSB)
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

Job 15:35 (BSB)
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

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