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JOB 15
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“But when people die, their strength is gone.
They breathe their last, and then where
are they?
As water evaporates from a lake
and a river disappears in drought,
people are laid to rest and do not rise again.
Until the heavens are no more, they will
not wake up
nor be roused from their sleep.
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“But instead, as mountains fall and crumble
and as rocks fall from a cliff,
as water wears away the stones
and floods wash away the soil,
so you destroy people’s hope.
You always overpower them, and they pass
from the scene.
You disfigure them in death and send
them away.
They never know if their children grow up
in honor
or sink to insignificance.
They suffer painfully;
their life is full of trouble.”
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“I wish you would hide me in the grave*
and forget me there until your anger has
passed.
But mark your calendar to think of me
again!
Can the dead live again?
If so, this would give me hope through all
my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of
death.
You would call and I would answer,
and you would yearn for me, your
handiwork.
For then you would guard my steps,
instead of watching for my sins.
My sins would be sealed in a pouch,
and you would cover my guilt.
Eliphaz’s Second Response to Job
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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“A wise man wouldn’t answer with
such empty talk!
You are nothing but a windbag.
The wise don’t engage in empty chatter.
What good are such words?
Have you no fear of God,
no reverence for him?
Your sins are telling your mouth what
to say.
Your words are based on clever
deception.
Your own mouth condemns you, not I.
Your own lips testify against you.
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14:13 Hebrew in Sheol. 15:12 Or Why do your eyes flash with
anger; Hebrew reads Why do your eyes blink. 15:15 Hebrew
the holy ones. 15:23 Greek version reads He is appointed to
be food for a vulture.
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“Were you the first person ever born?
Were you born before the hills were
made?
Were you listening at God’s secret council?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
What do you know that we don’t?
What do you understand that we do not?
On our side are aged, gray-haired men
much older than your father!
“Is God’s comfort too little for you?
Is his gentle word not enough?
What has taken away your reason?
What has weakened your vision,*
that you turn against God
and say all these evil things?
Can any mortal be pure?
Can anyone born of a woman be just?
Look, God does not even trust the angels.*
Even the heavens are not absolutely pure
in his sight.
How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful
person
with a thirst for wickedness!
“If you will listen, I will show you.
I will answer you from my own
experience.
And it is confirmed by the reports of
wise men
who have heard the same thing from
their fathers—
from those to whom the land was given
long before any foreigners arrived.
“The wicked writhe in pain throughout
their lives.
Years of trouble are stored up for the
ruthless.
The sound of terror rings in their ears,
and even on good days they fear the
attack of the destroyer.
They dare not go out into the darkness
for fear they will be murdered.
They wander around, saying, ‘Where can
I find bread?’*
They know their day of destruction
is near.
That dark day terrifies them.
They live in distress and anguish,
like a king preparing for battle.
For they shake their fists at God,
defying the Almighty.
Holding their strong shields,
they defiantly charge against him.
“These wicked people are heavy and
prosperous;
their waists bulge with fat.
But their cities will be ruined.
They will live in abandoned houses
that are ready to tumble down.