Job 15:1

AMP: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered [Job] and said,

ASV: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

BSB: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

DARBY: And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

DRA: And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:

KJV: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Job 15:2

AMP: “Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard]And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?

ASV: Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

BSB: “Does a wise man answer with empty counselor fill his belly with the hot east wind?

DARBY: Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

DRA: Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

KJV: Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Job 15:3

AMP: “Should he rebuke and argue with useless talk?Or with words in which there is no benefit?

ASV: Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

BSB: Should he argue with useless wordsor speeches that serve no purpose?

DARBY: Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?

DRA: Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.

KJV: Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Job 15:4

AMP: “Indeed, you are doing away with fear,And you are diminishing meditation before God.

ASV: Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

BSB: But you even undermine the fear of Godand hinder meditation before Him.

DARBY: Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.

DRA: As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.

KJV: Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

Job 15:5

AMP: “For your guilt teaches your mouth,And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning.

ASV: For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

BSB: For your iniquity instructs your mouth,and you choose the language of the crafty.

DARBY: For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

DRA: For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.

KJV: For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Job 15:6

AMP: “Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;Yes, your own lips testify against you.

ASV: Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

BSB: Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you;your own lips testify against you.

DARBY: Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

DRA: Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.

KJV: Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Job 15:7

AMP: ¶“Were you the first man to be born [the original wise man],Or were you created before the hills?

ASV: Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

BSB: Were you the first man ever born?Were you brought forth before the hills?

DARBY: Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?

DRA: Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills ?

KJV: Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Job 15:8

AMP: “Do you hear the secret counsel of God,And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself?

ASV: Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

BSB: Do you listen in on the council of Godor limit wisdom to yourself?

DARBY: Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?

DRA: Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?

KJV: Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Job 15:9

AMP: “What do you know that we do not know?What do you understand that is not equally clear to us?

ASV: What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

BSB: What do you know that we do not?What do you understand that is not clear to us?

DARBY: What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?

DRA: What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?

KJV: What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

Job 15:10

AMP: “Among us are both the gray-haired and the aged,Older than your father.

ASV: With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

BSB: Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side —men much older than your father.

DARBY: Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.

DRA: There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.

KJV: With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

Job 15:11

AMP: “Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you,[Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?

ASV: Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?

BSB: Are the consolations of God not enough for you,even words spoken gently to you?

DARBY: Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?

DRA: Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.

KJV: Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

Job 15:12

AMP: “Why does your heart carry you away [allowing you to be controlled by emotion]?And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt],

ASV: Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

BSB: Why has your heart carried you away,and why do your eyes flash,

DARBY: Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?

DRA: Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things ?

KJV: Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

Job 15:13

AMP: That you should turn your spirit against GodAnd let such words [as you have spoken] go out of your mouth?

ASV: That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

BSB: so that you turn your spirit against Godand pour such words from your mouth?

DARBY: That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?

DRA: Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth ?

KJV: That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

Job 15:14

AMP: “What is man, that he should be pure and clean,Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?

ASV: What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

BSB: What is man, that he should be pure,or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

DARBY: What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

DRA: What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

KJV: What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 15:15

AMP: “Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones (angels);Indeed, the heavens are not pure in His sight—

ASV: Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

BSB: If God puts no trust in His holy ones,if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

DARBY: Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:

DRA: Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.

KJV: Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

Job 15:16

AMP: How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt,Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!

ASV: How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

BSB: how much less man, who is vile and corrupt,who drinks injustice like water?

DARBY: How much less the abominable and corrupt, man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!

DRA: How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?

KJV: How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Job 15:17

AMP: ¶“I will tell you, listen to me;And what I have seen I will also declare;

ASV: I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

BSB: Listen to me and I will inform you.I will describe what I have seen,

DARBY: I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;

DRA: I will shew thee, hear me : and I mill tell thee what I have seen.

KJV: I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

Job 15:18

AMP: What wise men have [freely] told,And have not hidden [anything passed on to them] from their fathers,

ASV: (Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;

BSB: what was declared by wise menand was not concealed from their fathers,

DARBY: Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;

DRA: Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.

KJV: Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

Job 15:19

AMP: To whom alone the land was given,And no stranger passed among them [corrupting the truth].

ASV: Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):

BSB: to whom alone the land was givenwhen no foreigner passed among them.

DARBY: Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

DRA: To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.

KJV: Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

Job 15:20

AMP: “The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.

ASV: The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

BSB: A wicked man writhes in pain all his days;only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

DARBY: All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.

DRA: The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.

KJV: The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

Job 15:21

AMP: “A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears;While at peace and in a time of prosperity the destroyer comes upon him [the tent of the robber is not at peace].

ASV: A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

BSB: Sounds of terror fill his ears;in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

DARBY: The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.

DRA: The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

KJV: A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Job 15:22

AMP: “He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].

ASV: He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

BSB: He despairs of his return from darkness;he is marked for the sword.

DARBY: He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

DRA: He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.

KJV: He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

Job 15:23

AMP: “He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand.

ASV: He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

BSB: He wanders about as food for vultures;he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

DARBY: He wandereth abroad for bread, where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

DRA: When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

KJV: He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Job 15:24

AMP: “Distress and anxiety terrify him,They overpower him like a king ready for battle.

ASV: Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

BSB: Distress and anguish terrify him,overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

DARBY: Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.

DRA: Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.

KJV: Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Job 15:25

AMP: “Because he has stretched out his hand against GodAnd behaves arrogantly against the Almighty,

ASV: Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

BSB: For he has stretched out his hand against Godand has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

DARBY: For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:

DRA: For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.

KJV: For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

Job 15:26

AMP: Running and charging headlong against HimWith his ornamented and massive shield;

ASV: He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

BSB: rushing headlong at Himwith a thick, studded shield.

DARBY: He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;

DRA: He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.

KJV: He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

Job 15:27

AMP: For he has covered his face with his fat,Adding layers of fat to his thighs [giving himself up to pleasures],

ASV: Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

BSB: Though his face is covered with fatand his waistline bulges with flesh,

DARBY: For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.

DRA: Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.

KJV: Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

Job 15:28

AMP: And he has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities,In houses which no one should inhabit,Which were destined to become heaps [of ruins];

ASV: And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

BSB: he will dwell in ruined cities,in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

DARBY: And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.

DRA: He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.

KJV: And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

Job 15:29

AMP: He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;And his grain will not bend to the earth nor his possessions be extended on the earth.

ASV: He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

BSB: He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.His possessions will not overspread the land.

DARBY: He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.

DRA: He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.

KJV: He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

Job 15:30

AMP: “He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.

ASV: He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God`s] mouth shall he go away.

BSB: He will not escape from the darkness;the flame will wither his shoots,and the breath of God’s mouthwill carry him away.

DARBY: He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

DRA: He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.

KJV: He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Job 15:31

AMP: “Let him not trust in vanity (emptiness, futility) and be led astray;For emptiness will be his reward [for such living].

ASV: Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

BSB: Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness,for emptiness will be his reward.

DARBY: Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

DRA: He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.

KJV: Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

Job 15:32

AMP: “It will be fulfilled while he still lives,And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].

ASV: It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

BSB: It will be paid in full before his time,and his branch will not flourish.

DARBY: It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.

DRA: Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.

KJV: It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

Job 15:33

AMP: “He will fail to bring his grapes to maturity [leaving them to wither unnourished] on the vine,And will cast off blossoms [and fail to bring forth fruit] like the olive tree.

ASV: He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

BSB: He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

DARBY: He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.

DRA: He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.

KJV: He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

Job 15:34

AMP: “For the company of the godless is barren,And fire consumes the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice).

ASV: For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

BSB: For the company of the godless will be barren,and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

DARBY: For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

DRA: For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.

KJV: For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

Job 15:35

AMP: “They conceive mischief and bring forth wickedness,And their inmost soul prepares deceit and fraud.”

ASV: They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

BSB: They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

DARBY: They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

DRA: He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.

KJV: They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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