Job - Chapter 15 | Good News Translation

  • 1. Empty words, Job! Empty words!
  • 2. {cf15I (SEE 15:1)}
  • 3. No one who is wise would talk the way you do or defend himself with such meaningless words.
  • 4. If you had your way, no one would fear God; no one would pray to him.
  • 5. Your wickedness is evident by what you say; you are trying to hide behind clever words.
  • 6. There is no need for me to condemn you; you are condemned by every word you speak.
  • 7. Do you think you were the first person born? Were you there when God made the mountains?
  • 8. Did you overhear the plans God made? Does human wisdom belong to you alone?
  • 9. There is nothing you know that we don't know.
  • 10. We learned our wisdom from gray-haired people--- those born before your father.
  • 11. God offers you comfort; why still reject it? We have spoken for him with calm, even words.
  • 12. But you are excited and glare at us in anger.
  • 13. You are angry with God and denounce him.
  • 14. Can any human being be really pure? Can anyone be right with God?
  • 15. Why, God does not trust even his angels; even they are not pure in his sight.
  • 16. And we drink evil as if it were water; yes, we are corrupt; we are worthless.
  • 17. Now listen, Job, to what I know.
  • 18. Those who are wise have taught me truths which they learned from their ancestors, and they kept no secrets hidden.
  • 19. Their land was free from foreigners; there was no one to lead them away from God.
  • 20. The wicked who oppress others will be in torment as long as they live.
  • 21. Voices of terror will scream in their ears, and robbers attack when they think they are safe.
  • 22. They have no hope of escaping from darkness, for somewhere a sword is waiting to kill them,
  • 23. and vultures are waiting to eat their corpses. They know their future is dark;
  • 24. disaster, like a powerful king, is waiting to attack them.
  • 25. That is the fate of those who shake their fists at God and defy the Almighty.
  • 26. They are proud and rebellious; they stubbornly hold up their shields and rush to fight against God.
  • 27. {cf15I (SEE 15:26)}
  • 28. They are the ones who captured cities and seized houses whose owners had fled, but war will destroy those cities and houses.
  • 29. They will not remain rich for long; nothing they own will last. Even their shadows will vanish,
  • 30. and they will not escape from darkness. They will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire, whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
  • 31. If they are foolish enough to trust in evil, then evil will be their reward.
  • 32. Before their time is up they will wither, wither like a branch and never be green again.
  • 33. They will be like vines that lose their unripe grapes; like olive trees that drop their blossoms.
  • 34. There will be no descendants for godless people, and fire will destroy the homes built by bribery.
  • 35. These are the ones who plan trouble and do evil; their hearts are always full of deceit.
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