Verse 18
Job 15:18
American Standard Version
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(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲשֶׁר חֲכָמִ֥ים יַגִּ֑ידוּ וְ/לֹ֥א כִֽ֝חֲד֗וּ מֵ/אֲבוֹתָֽ/ם
English Translation
Which wise men will declare and not hide from their fathers.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 15 Context
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Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
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Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
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Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God (Elohim).
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For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
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Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
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Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
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Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God (Elohim)? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
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What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
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With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.
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Are the consolations of God (Elohim) too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
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Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
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That against God (Elohim) thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
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What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
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How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
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I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:
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(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;
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Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):
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The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the...
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A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.
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He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready a...
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Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
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Because he hath stretched out his hand against God (Elohim), And behaveth himself proudly against th...
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He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
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Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
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And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become h...
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He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be...
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He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God...
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Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
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It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
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He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.
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For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
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They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
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