Job 15 - Compare Translations
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Job 15:1
KJVThen answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
WEBThen Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
YLTAnd Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --
Job 15:2
KJVShould a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
WEB“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge,
YLTDoth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly?
Job 15:3
KJVShould he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
WEBShould he reason with unprofitable talk,
YLTTo reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?
Job 15:4
KJVYea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
WEBYes, you do away with fear,
YLTYea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
Job 15:5
KJVFor thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
WEBFor your iniquity teaches your mouth,
YLTFor thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
Job 15:6
KJVThine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
WEBYour own mouth condemns you, and not I.
YLTThy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
Job 15:7
KJVArt thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
WEB“Are you the first man who was born?
YLTThe first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
Job 15:8
KJVHast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
WEBHave you heard the secret counsel of God?
YLTOf the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
Job 15:9
KJVWhat knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
WEBWhat do you know, that we don’t know?
YLTWhat hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with us?
Job 15:10
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Job 15:11
KJVAre the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
WEBAre the consolations of God too small for you,
YLTToo few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word [is] with thee,
Job 15:12
KJVWhy doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
WEBWhy does your heart carry you away?
YLTWhat -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high?
Job 15:13
KJVThat thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
WEBThat you turn your spirit against God,
YLTFor thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:
Job 15:14
KJVWhat is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
WEBWhat is man, that he should be clean?
YLTWhat [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
Job 15:15
KJVBehold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
WEBBehold, he puts no trust in his holy ones.
YLTLo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
Job 15:16
KJVHow much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
WEBhow much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
YLTAlso -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
Job 15:17
KJVI will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
WEB“I will show you, listen to me;
YLTI shew thee -- hearken to me -- And this I have seen and declare:
Job 15:18
KJVWhich wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
WEB(which wise men have told by their fathers,
YLTWhich the wise declare -- And have not hid -- from their fathers.
Job 15:19
KJVUnto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
WEBto whom alone the land was given,
YLTTo them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
Job 15:20
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Job 15:21
KJVA dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
WEBA sound of terrors is in his ears.
YLTA fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
Job 15:22
KJVHe believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
WEBHe doesn’t believe that he shall return out of darkness.
YLTHe believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
Job 15:23
KJVHe wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
WEBHe wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
YLTHe is wandering for bread -- `Where [is] it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
Job 15:24
KJVTrouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
WEBDistress and anguish make him afraid.
YLTTerrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
Job 15:25
KJVFor he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
WEBBecause he has stretched out his hand against God,
YLTFor he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.
Job 15:26
KJVHe runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
WEBhe runs at him with a stiff neck,
YLTHe runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
Job 15:27
KJVBecause he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
WEBbecause he has covered his face with his fatness,
YLTFor he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
Job 15:28
KJVAnd he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
WEBHe has lived in desolate cities,
YLTAnd he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
Job 15:29
KJVHe shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
WEBHe shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
YLTHe is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
Job 15:30
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Job 15:31
KJVLet not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
WEBLet him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
YLTLet him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
Job 15:32
KJVIt shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
WEBIt shall be accomplished before his time.
YLTNot in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
Job 15:33
KJVHe shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
WEBHe shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine,
YLTHe shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
Job 15:34
KJVFor the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
WEBFor the company of the godless shall be barren,
YLTFor the company of the profane [is] gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
Job 15:35
KJVThey conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
WEBThey conceive mischief, and produce iniquity.
YLTTo conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.
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