Job 15 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition（CEVDCI）

Eliphaz's Second SpeechIf You Had Any Sense

1Eliphaz from Teman said:

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2Job, if you had any sense,

3you would stop spreading

all of this hot air.

4Your words are enough

to make others turn from God

and lead them to doubt.

5And your sinful, scheming mind

is the source of all you say.

6I am not here as your judge;

your own words are witnesses

against you.

7Were you the first human?

Are you older than the hills?

8Have you ever been present

when God's council meets?

Do you alone have wisdom?

9Do you know and understand

something we don't?

10We have the benefit of wisdom

older than your father.

11And you have been offered

comforting words from God.

Isn't this enough?

12Your emotions are out of control,

making you look fierce;

13that's why you attack God

with everything you say.

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33Or like vineyards or orchards

whose blossoms and unripe fruit

drop to the ground.

34Yes, the godless and the greedy

will have nothing but flames

feasting on their homes,

35because they are the parents

of trouble and vicious lies.