욥기 15장 NASB
- 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded
- 2 "Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind?
- 3 "Should he argue with useless talk Or with words which are not profitable?
- 4 "Indeed you do away with reverence And hinder meditation before God.
- 5 "For your guilt teaches your mouth And you choose the language of the crafty.
- 6 "Your own mouth condemns you and not I; And your own lips testify against you.
- 7 "Were you the first man to be born Or were you brought forth before the hills?
- 8 "Do you hear the secret counsel of God And limit wisdom to yourself?
- 9 "What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not?
- 10 "Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us Older than your father.
- 11 "Are the consolations of God too small for you Even the word spoken gently with you?
- 12 "Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash
- 13 That you should turn your spirit against God And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
- 14 "What is man that he should be pure Or he who is born of a woman that he should be righteous?
- 15 "Behold He puts no trust in His holy ones And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
- 16 How much less one who is detestable and corrupt Man who drinks iniquity like water!
- 17 "I will tell you listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;
- 18 What wise men have told And have not concealed from their fathers
- 19 To whom alone the land was given And no alien passed among them.
- 20 "The wicked man writhes in pain all his days And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
- 21 "Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
- 22 "He does not believe that he will return from darkness And he is destined for the sword.
- 23 "He wanders about for food saying 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
- 24 "Distress and anguish terrify him They overpower him like a king ready for the attack
- 25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
- 26 "He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield.
- 27 "For he has covered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
- 28 "He has lived in desolate cities In houses no one would inhabit Which are destined to become ruins.
- 29 "He will not become rich nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
- 30 "He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
- 31 "Let him not trust in emptiness deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.
- 32 "It will be accomplished before his time And his palm branch will not be green.
- 33 "He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
- 34 "For the company of the godless is barren And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
- 35 "They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity And their mind prepares deception."