Job 15:1-35 GW

[1] Then Eliphaz from Teman replied to Job, [2] "Should a wise person answer with endless details and fill his stomach with the east wind? [3] Should he argue with words that don't help, with speeches that don't help anyone? [4] Yes, you destroy the fear of God and diminish devotion to God. [5] Your sin teaches you what to say. You choose to talk with a sly tongue. [6] Your own mouth condemns you, not I. Your lips testify against you. [7] "Were you the first human to be born? Were you delivered before the hills existed? [8] Did you listen in on God's council meeting and receive a monopoly on wisdom? [9] What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that we don't? [10] Both the old and the gray-haired are among us. They are older than your father. [11] Isn't God's comfort enough for you, even when gently spoken to you? [12] Why have your emotions carried you away? Why do your eyes flash [13] when you turn against God and spit these words out of your mouth? [14] Why should a mortal be considered faultless or someone born of a woman be considered righteous? [15] If God doesn't trust his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight, [16] how much less will he trust the one who is disgusting and corrupt, the one who drinks wickedness like water. [17] "I'll tell you; listen to me! I'll relate what I have seen. [18] I'll tell you what wise people have declared and what was not kept secret from their ancestors. [19] (The land was given to them alone, and no stranger passed through their land.) [20] "The wicked person is tortured all his days. Only a few years are reserved for the ruthless person. [21] Terrifying sounds are in his ears. While he enjoys peace, the destroyer comes to him. [22] He doesn't believe he'll return from the dark. He is destined to be killed with a sword. [23] He wanders around for food and asks, 'Where is it?' He knows that his ruin is close at hand. [24] "The day of darkness troubles him. Distress and anguish terrify him like a king ready for battle. [25] He stretches out his hand against God and attacks the Almighty like a warrior. [26] He stubbornly charges at him with a thick shield. [27] "His face is bloated with fat, and he is fat around the waist. [28] He lives in ruined cities where no one dwells, in houses that are doomed to be piles of rubble. [29] He won't get rich, and his wealth won't last. His possessions won't spread out over the land. [30] "He won't escape the darkness. A flame will shrivel his branches. He will be blown away by his own breath. [31] He shouldn't trust in worthless things and deceive himself because he will get worthless things in return. [32] It will happen before his time has come, and his branch will not become green. [33] He will drop his unripened grapes like a vine and throw off his blossoms like an olive tree [34] because a mob of godless people produces nothing, and fire burns up the tents of those who offer bribes. [35] They conceive trouble and give birth to evil. Their wombs produce deception."