Job:15 Parallel Bible - KJV BAS WLD WEY |
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| Job 15:1 | Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, | And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said, | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, | |
| Job 15:2 | Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? | Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind? | "Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? | |
| Job 15:3 | Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? | Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value? | Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches with which he can do no good? | |
| Job 15:4 | Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. | Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry. | Yes, you do away with fear, And hinder devotion before God. | |
| Job 15:5 | For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. | For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself. | For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty. | |
| Job 15:6 | Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. | It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you. | Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you. | |
| Job 15:7 | Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? | Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills? | "Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills? | |
| Job 15:8 | Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? | Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself? | Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself? | |
| Job 15:9 | What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? | What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours? | What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us? | |
| Job 15:10 | With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. | With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father. | With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than your father. | |
| Job 15:11 | Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? | Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you? | Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word that is gentle toward you? | |
| Job 15:12 | Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, | Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up; | Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash, | |
| Job 15:13 | That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? | So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth? | That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth? | |
| Job 15:14 | What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? | What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright? | What is man, that he should be clean? He who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? | |
| Job 15:15 | Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. | Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes; | Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones; Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight: | |
| Job 15:16 | How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? | How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water! | How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, A man who drinks iniquity like water! | |
| Job 15:17 | I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; | Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen: | "I will show you, listen to me; That which I have seen I will declare: | |
| Job 15:18 | Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: | (The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us; | (Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hidden it; | |
| Job 15:19 | Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. | For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them:) | To whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them): | |
| Job 15:20 | The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. | The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small. | The wicked man travails with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. | |
| Job 15:21 | A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. | A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him: | A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him. | |
| Job 15:22 | He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. | He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword; | He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness, He is waited for by the sword. | |
| Job 15:23 | He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. | He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him: | He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. | |
| Job 15:24 | Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. | He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him: | Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. | |
| Job 15:25 | For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. | Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all, | Because he has stretched out his hand against God, And behaves himself proudly against the Almighty; | |
| Job 15:26 | He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: | Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight, | He runs at him with a stiff neck, With the thick shields of his bucklers; | |
| Job 15:27 | Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. | Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick; | Because he has covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat on his loins. | |
| Job 15:28 | And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. | And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls. | He has lived in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps. | |
| Job 15:29 | He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. | He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth. | He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. | |
| Job 15:30 | He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. | He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud. | He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away. | |
| Job 15:31 | Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. | Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward. | Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness shall be his reward. | |
| Job 15:32 | It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. | His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green. | It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green. | |
| Job 15:33 | He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. | He is like a vine whose grapes do not come to full growth, or an olive-tree dropping its flowers. | He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree. | |
| Job 15:34 | For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. | For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire. | For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery. | |
| Job 15:35 | They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. | Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves. | They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit." | |
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