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OET-RV by cross-referenced section JOB 15:1

JOB 15:1–15:35 ©

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Elifaz’s second response to Iyyov

Job 15:1–35

15:1 Elifaz’s second response to Iyyov

(15:1–21:34)

15Then Elifaz (from Teman) replied:

2Do wise people just answer with knowledge full of wind?

Do they just fill themselves with the east wind?

3Should a person argue against useless talk,

or against words that have no value?

4You turn people from the fear of God,

and discourage them from godly meditation.

5Thus your wickedness drives your words,

and you choose the language of crafty people.

6It’s not me who condemns you, but it’s your own mouth.

Your own lips testify against you.


7Were you the first person ever born?

Were you created before the hills were made?

8Do you listen to God’s advice,

or limit wisdom to your own experience?

9What do you know that we don’t?

What do you understand that’s not clear to us?

10Both the gray-haired and the elderly are on our side,

People who’ve lived longer than your father.

11Isn’t it enough when God comforts you?

Aren’t his gentle words enough for you?

12Why do your emotions get carried away?

Why do your eyes flash with anger?

13Are you turning your spirit against God

as your words pour out of your mouth?

14What person could ever be pure,[ref]

and how could someone born from a woman be righteous?

15He doesn’t even trust his holy ones,

and the heavens aren’t pure from his viewpoint.

16Certainly not someone who’s corrupt and abhorent,

or a person who drinks wickedness like water.


17I’ll show youlisten to me—

what I’ve seen and will tell everyone.

18What’s been told by wise people

that hasn’t been hidden from their ancestors.

19The land was given to them alone,

and no stranger had come in among them.

20Wicked people squirm in pain for their entire lifetime.

Those who oppress others have a number of years of pain stored up for them.

21Sounds of terrors are in their ears.

The destroyer comes while they’re enjoying prosperity.

22They don’t believe that the darkness will ever end.

They’re destined for the sword.

23They wander around searching for food that must be there.

They know that dark days are ahead—already prepared.

24They’re terrified by distress and anguish.

That dread overwhelms them like a king who’s ready for a battle.

25These things happen to wicked people because they oppose God.

They’ve behaved arrogantly to the provider.

26They rush against him in defiance,

trusting the thick reinforcing of their shields.


27Though their faces are round and fat,

and their bodies have rolls on their hips,

28they’ll live in broken-down houses

which people normally wouldn’t live in because they’re marked for demolition.

29They won’t be rich and their wealth won’t endure,

and their herds and flocks won’t spread across the land.

30Wicked people will never escape the darkness.

A flame will wither their branches,

and with one breath of their mouths, they’ll be gone.

31Don’t let them trust in emptiness or they’ll be led astray,

and worthlessness will be their only reward.

32They’ll be finished before their time,

and their branches won’t flourish and produce leaves.

33They’ll be like grapevines that drop their grapes when they’re still unripe,

and like olive trees that shed their blossoms.

34Yes, the company of godless people is worthless,

and anything gained from bribery will be burnt up in the fire.

35They dream about trouble and encourage wickedness,

and they give birth to deceitful plots.


Collected OET-RV cross-references

Yob 25:4-6:

4How can a person be innocent before God?

How could a human born from a women be pure?

5Look, even the moon isn’t clear to us,

and the stars aren’t pure in our sight.

6Indeed, a person’s just like an insect,

and human offspring are as insignificant as worms.