Job 15

ThomsonOr in pleading use arguments which he ought not; and words in which there is no profit?

Brentonreasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?

ThomsonHast thou not cast off fear, and used such arguments before the Lord?

BrentonHast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?

ThomsonBy the arguments of thine own mouth thou art guilty; and hast not discerned the arguments of the mighty.

BrentonThou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.

ThomsonLet thine own mouth and not me convict thee: thine own lips indeed will testify against thee.

BrentonLet thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.

ThomsonOr hast thou heard the established system of the Lord? Or hath God used thee as His counsellor? Or hath wisdom made application to thee?

BrentonOr hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?

ThomsonFor what knowest thou, which we do not know? Or what dost thou understand which we do not?

BrentonFor what knowest thou, that we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also?

ThomsonAmong us indeed are elders and aged men, more venerable for years than thy father.

BrentonTruly among us are both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than thy father.

ThomsonThou hast been chastised less than thy sins deserve.

BrentonThou hast been scourged for but few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily and extravagantly.

Thomsonthat thou shouldst vent wrath before the Lord, and utter such words from thy mouth?

Brentonthat thou hast vented thy rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from thy mouth?

ThomsonFor who being mortal can be irreprehensible? Or can the offspring of woman be righteous?

BrentonFor who, being a mortal, is such that he shall be blameless? or, who that is born of a woman, that he should be just?

ThomsonIf in His holy ones he placeth not confidence; and the heaven is not pure in His sight;

BrentonForasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.

Thomsonhow abominable and filthy must man be; who drinketh iniquity in, like water!

BrentonAlas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.

Thomsonlet me tell thee what the wise say, and their fathers have not concealed—

Brentonthings wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.

Thomsonthey, to whom alone the earth was given; and no stranger came among them:

BrentonTo them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them.

ThomsonThe whole life of the wicked is spent in anxiety. Though a certain number of years is given to the oppressor,

BrentonAll the life of the ungodly is spent in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.

Thomsonyet the sound of terror is in his ears. When he seemeth to be at peace his destruction shall come.

BrentonAnd his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.

ThomsonLet him not hope to return out of darkness; for he is already doomed to the edge of the sword,

BrentonLet him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.

Thomsonand destined to be food for vultures. He knoweth within himself that he waiteth for a fall; and a dark day will torture him.

BrentonAnd he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcase: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.

ThomsonDistress and anguish will overwhelm him; like a general at the head of troops falling upon him.

BrentonDistress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.

ThomsonBecause he lifted up his hands against the Lord, and hardened his neck against the Lord Almighty:

BrentonFor he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.

Thomsontherefore He ran upon him contemptuously with the thick boss of His buckler.

BrentonAnd he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.

ThomsonBecause he covered his face with fatness; and made collops of fat upon his thighs;

BrentonFor he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.

Thomsonlet him therefore lodge in deserted cities, and go into uninhabited houses; and what they had got ready, let others carry off.

BrentonAnd let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.

ThomsonLet him never cast a shadow on the ground, nor escape out of darkness.

BrentonNeither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.

ThomsonLet the wind blast his bud, and his blossom fall prematurely. Let him not hope to continue, for vanity shall be his portion.

BrentonLet him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.

ThomsonLet his branch lopped unseasonably, die; and let not his young shoot flourish.

BrentonHis harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.

ThomsonLet him be gathered like unripe grapes before his time, and fall like the olive blossom.

BrentonAnd let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.

ThomsonFor death is the testimonial of a wicked man: and a fire shall consume the tents of bribery. He shall conceive sorrows and bring forth vanity, and his belly shall produce an illusion.

BrentonFor death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.

BrentonAnd he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.