| 15:1 | Eliphaz Accuses Job of FollyEliphaz Accuses Job of Folly Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: |
| 15:2 | Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? |
| 15:3 | Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good? |
| 15:4 | Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God. |
| 15:5 | For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty. |
| 15:6 | Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you. |
| 15:7 | Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the hills? |
| 15:8 | Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself? |
| 15:9 | What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not in us? |
| 15:10 | Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Much older than your father. |
| 15:11 | Are the consolations of God too small for you, And the word spoken gently with you? |
| 15:12 | Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at, |
| 15:13 | That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth? |
| 15:14 | What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous? |
| 15:15 | If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight, |
| 15:16 | How much less man, who is abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity like water! |
| 15:17 | I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare, |
| 15:18 | What wise men have told, Not hiding anything received from their fathers, |
| 15:19 | To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them: |
| 15:20 | The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor. |
| 15:21 | Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him. |
| 15:22 | He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him. |
| 15:23 | He wanders about for bread, saying, "Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand. |
| 15:24 | Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle. |
| 15:25 | For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty, |
| 15:26 | Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield. |
| 15:27 | Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat, |
| 15:28 | He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins. |
| 15:29 | He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth. |
| 15:30 | He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away. |
| 15:31 | Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward. |
| 15:32 | It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green. |
| 15:33 | He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, And cast off his blossom like an olive tree. |
| 15:34 | For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery. |
| 15:35 | They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit." |