Job 15 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2 [Numquid sapiens respondebit quasi in ventum loquens, et implebit ardore stomachum suum?
2 “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
3 Arguis verbis eum qui non est æqualis tibi, et loqueris quod tibi non expedit.
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Quantum in te est, evacuasti timorem, et tulisti preces coram Deo.
4 Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
5 Docuit enim iniquitas tua os tuum, et imitaris linguam blasphemantium.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
6 Condemnabit te os tuum, et non ego: et labia tua respondebunt tibi.
6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 Numquid primus homo tu natus es, et ante colles formatus?
7 “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
8 numquid consilium Dei audisti, et inferior te erit ejus sapientia?
8 Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 Quid nosti quod ignoremus? quid intelligis quod nesciamus?
9 What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
10 Et senes et antiqui sunt in nobis, multo vetustiores quam patres tui.
10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
11 Numquid grande est ut consoletur te Deus? sed verba tua prava hoc prohibent.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
12 Quid te elevat cor tuum, et quasi magna cogitans attonitos habes oculos?
12 Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
13 Quid tumet contra Deum spiritus tuus, ut proferas de ore tuo hujuscemodi sermones?
13 that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
14 Quid est homo ut immaculatus sit, et ut justus appareat natus de muliere?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Ecce inter sanctos ejus nemo immutabilis, et cæli non sunt mundi in conspectu ejus.
15 Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
16 Quanto magis abominabilis et inutilis homo, qui bibit quasi aquam iniquitatem?
16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
17 Ostendam tibi: audi me: quod vidi, narrabo tibi.
17 “I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
18 Sapientes confitentur, et non abscondunt patres suos:
18 (which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
19 quibus solis data est terra, et non transivit alienus per eos.
19 to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
20 Cunctis diebus suis impius superbit, et numerus annorum incertus est tyrannidis ejus.
20 the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21 Sonitus terroris semper in auribus illius: et cum pax sit, ille semper insidias suspicatur.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
22 Non credit quod reverti possit de tenebris ad lucem, circumspectans undique gladium.
22 He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
23 Cum se moverit ad quærendum panem, novit quod paratus sit in manu ejus tenebrarum dies.
23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Terrebit eum tribulatio, et angustia vallabit eum, sicut regem qui præparatur ad prælium.
24 Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 Tetendit enim adversus Deum manum suam, et contra Omnipotentem roboratus est.
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
26 Cucurrit adversus eum erecto collo, et pingui cervice armatus est.
26 he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
27 Operuit faciem ejus crassitudo, et de lateribus ejus arvina dependet.
27 because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
28 Habitavit in civitatibus desolatis, et in domibus desertis, quæ in tumulos sunt redactæ.
28 He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
29 Non ditabitur, nec perseverabit substantia ejus, nec mittet in terra radicem suam.
29 He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
30 Non recedet de tenebris: ramos ejus arefaciet flamma, et auferetur spiritu oris sui.
30 He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
31 Non credet, frustra errore deceptus, quod aliquo pretio redimendus sit.
31 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
32 Antequam dies ejus impleantur peribit, et manus ejus arescent.
32 It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
33 Lædetur quasi vinea in primo flore botrus ejus, et quasi oliva projiciens florem suum.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
34 Congregatio enim hypocritæ sterilis, et ignis devorabit tabernacula eorum qui munera libenter accipiunt.
34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 Concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem, et uterus ejus præparat dolos.]
35 They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
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Eliphaz the Temanite
One of Job's three friends who came to sympathize and comfort him, and whom the LORD rebuked at the end of the book for not speaking rightly of Him.
Cited in the guide: Job 2:11; Job 4:1; Job 15:1
Cross references (35)
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- 1 Job 2:11; Job 42:7; Job 4:1; Job 42:9; Job 22:1
- 2 Job 6:26; Job 8:2; Hosea 12:1; Job 11:2–3; James 3:13
- 3 Matthew 12:36–37; Colossians 4:6; Malachi 3:13–15; Job 26:1–3; 1 Timothy 6:4–5
- 4 Romans 3:31; Psalm 36:1–3; Job 6:14; 1 Chronicles 10:13–14; Galatians 2:21
- 5 Jeremiah 9:3–5; James 1:26; Luke 6:45; Psalm 52:2–4; Jeremiah 9:8
- 6 Luke 19:22; Matthew 12:37; Job 9:20; Job 40:8; Job 34:5–9
- 7 Psalm 90:2; Job 38:4–41; Job 12:12; Proverbs 8:22–25; Genesis 4:1
- 8 Romans 11:34; Jeremiah 23:18; 1 Corinthians 2:16; Psalm 25:14; Matthew 11:25
- 9 Job 13:2; 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Corinthians 10:7; Job 26:3–4; Job 12:3
- 10 Job 32:6–7; Job 12:12; Job 8:8–10; Deuteronomy 32:7; Proverbs 16:31
- 11 2 Corinthians 1:3–5; Job 13:2; Job 5:8–26; 1 Kings 22:24; 2 Corinthians 7:6
- 12 Psalm 35:19; Mark 7:21–22; Job 17:2; Job 11:13; James 1:14–15
- 13 James 3:2–6; Job 15:25–27; Psalm 34:13; Job 12:6; Malachi 3:13
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:20; Job 14:4; Proverbs 20:9; Romans 7:18; Job 25:4–6
- 15 Job 25:5; Job 4:18; Isaiah 6:2–5; Job 5:1
- 16 Proverbs 19:28; Job 34:7; Romans 3:9–19; Titus 3:3; Psalm 53:3
- 17 Job 33:1; Job 13:5–6; Job 5:27; Job 34:2; Job 36:2
- 18 Job 8:8; Psalm 71:18; Isaiah 38:19; Psalm 78:3–6; Job 15:10
- 19 Joel 3:17; Deuteronomy 32:8; Genesis 10:25; Genesis 10:32
- 20 James 5:1–6; Job 27:13; Job 24:1; Luke 12:19–21; Psalm 90:12
- 21 Job 18:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Leviticus 26:36; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Job 1:13–19
- 22 Job 20:24–25; Job 27:14; Isaiah 8:21–22; Matthew 27:5; Job 19:29
- 23 Job 18:12; Psalm 109:10; Psalm 59:15; Amos 5:20; Ecclesiastes 11:8
- 24 Proverbs 6:11; Proverbs 24:34; Romans 2:9; Job 6:2–4; Psalm 119:143
- 25 Psalm 52:7; Job 9:4; Daniel 5:23; Psalm 73:9; Malachi 3:13
- 26 2 Chronicles 32:13–17; 2 Chronicles 28:22; Genesis 49:8; Psalm 18:40; Job 16:12
- 27 Psalm 17:10; Psalm 73:7; Jeremiah 5:28; Isaiah 6:10; Deuteronomy 32:15
- 28 Job 3:14; Jeremiah 51:37; Micah 7:18; Jeremiah 26:18; Jeremiah 9:11
- 29 Job 27:16–17; James 1:11; Luke 12:19–21; Psalm 49:16–17; Luke 16:19–22
- 30 Job 4:9; Job 15:22; Job 18:5–6; Job 20:26; Matthew 25:41
- 31 Isaiah 59:4; Galatians 6:3; Psalm 62:10; Galatians 6:7–8; Hosea 8:7
- 32 Ecclesiastes 7:17; Psalm 55:23; Job 22:16; Hosea 9:16; Isaiah 27:11
- 33 Deuteronomy 28:39–40; Isaiah 33:9; Revelation 6:13
- 34 Job 8:13; Job 27:8; Micah 7:2; Job 8:22; Matthew 24:51
- 35 Psalm 7:14; Hosea 10:13; Isaiah 59:4–5; James 1:15; Galatians 6:7–8
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