NASB | ESV
 

JOB 15

« Job 14 | Job 15 | Job 16 »

Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God
  15:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge,
and fill his belly with the east wind?
3
Should he argue in unprofitable talk,
or in words with which he can do no good?
4
But you are doing away with the fear of God
and hindering meditation before God.
5
For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
your own lips testify against you.

7
“Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
8
Have you listened in the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9
What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10
Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
older than your father.
11
Are the comforts of God too small for you,
or the word that deals gently with you?
12
Why does your heart carry you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
13
that you turn your spirit against God
and bring such words out of your mouth?
14
What is man, that he can be pure?
Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
15
Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones,
and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
16
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
a man who drinks injustice like water!

17
“I will show you; hear me,
and what I have seen I will declare
18
(what wise men have told,
without hiding it from their fathers,
19
to whom alone the land was given,
and no stranger passed among them).
20
The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
21
Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
22
He does not believe that he will return out of darkness,
and he is marked for the sword.
23
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
24
distress and anguish terrify him;
they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
25
Because he has stretched out his hand against God
and defies the Almighty,
26
running stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;
27
because he has covered his face with his fat
and gathered fat upon his waist
28
and has lived in desolate cities,
in houses that none should inhabit,
which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
29
he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure,
nor will his possessions spread over the earth;
30
he will not depart from darkness;
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.
31
Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself,
for emptiness will be his payment.
32
It will be paid in full before his time,
and his branch will not be green.
33
He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,
and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
34
For the company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
and their womb prepares deceit.”



PSALM 35

« Psalm 34 | Psalm 35 | Psalm 36 »

Great Is the Lord
Of David.
35:1
Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me;
fight against those who fight against me!
2
Take hold of shield and buckler
and rise for my help!
3
Draw the spear and javelin
against my pursuers!
Say to my soul,
“I am your salvation!”

4
Let them be put to shame and dishonor
who seek after my life!
Let them be turned back and disappointed
who devise evil against me!
5
Let them be like chaff before the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
6
Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!

7
For without cause they hid their net for me;
without cause they dug a pit for my life.
8
Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his destruction!

9
Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord,
exulting in his salvation.
10
All my bones shall say,
“O Lord, who is like you,
delivering the poor
from him who is too strong for him,
the poor and needy from him who robs him?”

11
Malicious witnesses rise up;
they ask me of things that I do not know.
12
They repay me evil for good;
my soul is bereft.
13
But I, when they were sick—
I wore sackcloth;
I afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
14
I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
I bowed down in mourning.

15
But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
they gathered together against me;
wretches whom I did not know
tore at me without ceasing;
16
like profane mockers at a feast,
they gnash at me with their teeth.

17
How long, O Lord, will you look on?
Rescue me from their destruction,
my precious life from the lions!
18
I will thank you in the great congregation;
in the mighty throng I will praise you.

19
Let not those rejoice over me
who are wrongfully my foes,
and let not those wink the eye
who hate me without cause.
20
For they do not speak peace,
but against those who are quiet in the land
they devise words of deceit.
21
They open wide their mouths against me;
they say, “Aha, Aha!
Our eyes have seen it!”

22
You have seen, O Lord; be not silent!
O Lord, be not far from me!
23
Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication,
for my cause, my God and my Lord!
24
Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
according to your righteousness,
and let them not rejoice over me!
25
Let them not say in their hearts,
“Aha, our heart’s desire!”
Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”

26
Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor
who magnify themselves against me!

27
Let those who delight in my righteousness
shout for joy and be glad
and say evermore,
“Great is the Lord,
who delights in the welfare of his servant!”
28
Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness
and of your praise all the day long.



PSALM 36

« Psalm 35 | Psalm 36 | Psalm 37 »

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love
To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the Lord.
36:1
Transgression speaks to the wicked
deep in his heart;
there is no fear of God
before his eyes.
2
For he flatters himself in his own eyes
that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
3
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;
he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
4
He plots trouble while on his bed;
he sets himself in a way that is not good;
he does not reject evil.

5
Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
6
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
your judgments are like the great deep;
man and beast you save, O Lord.

7
How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8
They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
9
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light do we see light.

10
Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you,
and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
11
Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12
There the evildoers lie fallen;
they are thrust down, unable to rise.



PROVERBS 26

« Proverbs 25 | Proverbs 26 | Proverbs 27 »

26:1
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
a curse that is causeless does not alight.
3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the back of fools.
4
Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.
5
Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6
Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7
Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8
Like one who binds the stone in the sling
is one who gives honor to a fool.
9
Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10
Like an archer who wounds everyone
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
11
Like a dog that returns to his vomit
is a fool who repeats his folly.
12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”
14
As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
15
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
16
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven men who can answer sensibly.
17
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
18
Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
19
is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I am only joking!”
20
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
21
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
23
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel
are fervent lips with an evil heart.
24
Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
25
when he speaks graciously, believe him not,
for there are seven abominations in his heart;
26
though his hatred be covered with deception,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
28
A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.

The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

ESV® Permanent Text Edition (2016). The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers.

Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved.

random