{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/job/15","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:39:40.858Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":15,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":14,"nextChapter":16,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Doth a wise man answer with vain knowledge? And fill with an east wind his belly?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"To reason with a word not useful? And speeches — no profit in them?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou — and it is not with us?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Both the gray-headed And the very aged are among us — Greater than thy father in days."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word is with thee,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"What — doth thine heart take thee away? And what — are thine eyes high?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"What is man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Also — surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I shew thee — hearken to me — And this I have seen and declare:"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Which the wise declare — And have not hid — from their fathers."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"A fearful voice is in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He is wandering for bread — 'Where is it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over his confidence."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"For the company of the profane is gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 15 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 15](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/15)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/15 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}