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Job 15

Eliphaz opens the second debate by accusing Job of speaking empty words that undermine reverence. He appeals again to ancient wisdom and describes the wicked as living in continual fear, pain, and inevitable ruin.

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Verses 1–13Eliphaz accuses Job of vain, irreverent, and proud words Verses 14–16Eliphaz argues that man cannot be clean or righteous before God Verses 17–24Eliphaz says the wicked man lives with fear and trouble Verses 25–35Eliphaz says rebellion against God ends in darkness, loss, and desolation

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1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his…3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith…4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the…6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine…7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast…8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou…9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou,…10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men,…11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there…12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do…13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such…14What is man, that he should be clean? and he…15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the…16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh…17I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I…18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have…19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger…20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and…21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the…22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness,…23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he…24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail…25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth…26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the…27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh…28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which…29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,…30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall…31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for…32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch…33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine,…34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire…35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly…