Job 15 — NIV vs NIVUK

Verse 2

“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?

‘Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?

Verse 3

Would they argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?

Verse 4

But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.

Verse 5

Your sin prompts your mouth;
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.

Verse 6

Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.

Verse 7

“Are you the first man ever born?
Were you brought forth before the hills?

‘Are you the first man ever born?
Were you brought forth before the hills?

Verse 8

Do you listen in on God’s council?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

Verse 9

What do you know that we do not know?
What insights do you have that we do not have?

Verse 10

The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,
men even older than your father.

The grey-haired and the aged are on our side,
men even older than your father.

Verse 11

Are God’s consolations not enough for you,
words spoken gently to you?

Verse 12

Why has your heart carried you away,
and why do your eyes flash,

Verse 13

so that you vent your rage against God
and pour out such words from your mouth?

Verse 14

“What are mortals, that they could be pure,
or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?

‘What are mortals, that they could be pure,
or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?

Verse 15

If God places no trust in his holy ones,
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

Verse 16

how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,
who drink up evil like water!

Verse 17

“Listen to me and I will explain to you;
let me tell you what I have seen,

‘Listen to me and I will explain to you;
let me tell you what I have seen,

Verse 18

what the wise have declared,
hiding nothing received from their ancestors

Verse 19

(to whom alone the land was given
when no foreigners moved among them):

Verse 20

All his days the wicked man suffers torment,
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.

all his days the wicked man suffers torment,
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.

Verse 21

Terrifying sounds fill his ears;
when all seems well, marauders attack him.

Verse 22

He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;
he is marked for the sword.

Verse 23

He wanders about for food like a vulture;
he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

Verse 24

Distress and anguish fill him with terror;
troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,

Verse 25

because he shakes his fist at God
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

Verse 26

defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield.

Verse 27

“Though his face is covered with fat
and his waist bulges with flesh,

‘Though his face is covered with fat
and his waist bulges with flesh,

Verse 28

he will inhabit ruined towns
and houses where no one lives,
houses crumbling to rubble.

Verse 29

He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,
nor will his possessions spread over the land.

Verse 30

He will not escape the darkness;
a flame will wither his shoots,
and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Verse 31

Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless,
for he will get nothing in return.

Verse 32

Before his time he will wither,
and his branches will not flourish.

Verse 33

He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,
like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.

Verse 34

For the company of the godless will be barren,
and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

Verse 35

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;
their womb fashions deceit.”