Job 15:1-35 CSB

[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: [2] Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind? [3] Should he argue with useless talk or with words that serve no good purpose? [4] But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before him. [5] Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty. [6] Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you. [7] Were you the first human ever born, or were you brought forth before the hills? [8] Do you listen in on the council of God, or have a monopoly on wisdom? [9] What do you know that we don't? What do you understand that is not clear to us? [10] Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us- older than your father. [11] Are God's consolations not enough for you, even the words that deal gently with you? [12] Why has your heart misled you, and why do your eyes flash [13] as you turn your anger against God and allow such words to leave your mouth? [14] What is a mere human, that he should be pure, or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous? [15] If God puts no trust in his holy ones and the heavens are not pure in his sight, [16] how much less one who is revolting 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 the wise have declared and not concealed, that came from their ancestors, [19] to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them. [20] A wicked person writhes in pain all his days, throughout the number of years reserved for the ruthless. [21] Dreadful sounds fill his ears; when he is at peace, a robber attacks him. [22] He doesn't believe he will return from darkness; he is destined for the sword. [23] He wanders about for food, asking, "Where is it?" He knows the day of darkness is at hand. [24] Trouble and distress terrify him, overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle. [25] For he has stretched out his hand against God and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty. [26] He rushes headlong at him with his thick, studded shields. [27] Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with it, [28] he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble. [29] He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not increase in the land. [30] He will not escape from the darkness; flames will wither his shoots, and by the breath of God's mouth, he will depart. [31] Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray, for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless. [32] It will be accomplished before his time, and his branch will not flourish. [33] He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms. [34] For the company of the godless will have no children, and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes. [35] They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb prepares deception.