Job Chapter 15

Job 15 (New International Version)

Job 15

Eliphaz

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 "Would a wise man answer with empty notions
or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

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

4 But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.

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

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

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

8 Do you listen in on God's council?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

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

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

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

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

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

14 "What is man, that he could be pure,
or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?

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

16 how much less man, who is vile and corrupt,
who drinks up evil like water!

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

18 what wise men have declared,
hiding nothing received from their fathers

19 (to whom alone the land was given
when no alien passed among them):

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

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

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

23 He wanders about—food for vultures [a] ;
he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

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

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

26 defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield.

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

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

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

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

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

32 Before his time he will be paid in full,
and his branches will not flourish.

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

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

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


Job Summary : Eliphaz starts making mockery of the words that are coming from his friend Job, and Eliphaz calls him a wind bag. Eliphaz tells Job, if he feared God, Job would just shut up and say nothing at all and just bear the penalty like a man. Eliphaz is telling Job, his mouth and tongue are showing the guilt and sin. Eliphaz tries to deceive Job saying God trusts no one , not even the angels in heaven. Eliphaz tells Job wicked will have pain all through out life. years of trouble will plague the ruthless. Eliphaz speaks that the rich will lose all .


Dear Father, GOd, our friends will try to get us to believe there thoughts all the time Lord, let us not give in to what they say, let us pray and wait for you to tell us what direction we should take, let us not follow the direction of those who are not grounded in you father. For we ask this in you Precious name Amen .

JOB Chapter 14

Job 14 (New International Version)

Job 14

¹ "Man born of woman
is of few days and full of trouble.

² He springs up like a flower and withers away;
like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

³ Do you fix your eye on such a one?
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⁴ Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
No one!

⁵ Man's days are determined;
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.

⁶ So look away from him and let him alone,
till he has put in his time like a hired man.

⁷ "At least there is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.

⁸ Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump die in the soil,

⁹ yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.

¹⁰ But man dies and is laid low;
he breathes his last and is no more.

¹¹ As water disappears from the sea
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,

¹² so man lies down and does not rise;
till the heavens are no more, men will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.

¹³ "If only you would hide me in the grave ^{b]" style="line-height: 0.5em; ">[b]}
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!

¹⁴ If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my hard service
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¹⁵ You will call and I will answer you;
you will long for the creature your hands have made.

¹⁶ Surely then you will count my steps
but not keep track of my sin.

¹⁷ My offenses will be sealed up in a bag;
you will cover over my sin.

¹⁸ "But as a mountain erodes and crumbles
and as a rock is moved from its place,

¹⁹ as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil,
so you destroy man's hope.

²⁰ You overpower him once for all, and he is gone;
you change his countenance and send him away.

²¹ If his sons are honored, he does not know it;
if they are brought low, he does not see it.

²² He feels but the pain of his own body
and mourns only for himself."

Footnotes:

1. Job talks about how frail humanity is. Job makes the analogy that we are like flowers, we bloom and die. Job wonders why God is soloing him out in this time of pain he is experiencing. Job is longing to know how can any man ever be found pure in the sight of God. Job thinks it's unfair that once we take our last breathe, we go weak and die and there's no chance of rebirth like a tree. Job wishes the Lord would have more mercy upon us. Job wishes he would be laid to rest in a grave, until God's anger is done and has a purpose for him besides suffering. Job feels his mind is fully filled with pain and trouble, that he can't escape.

Meditations: In life we all come and go quickly, in the time we live we need to live it to the fullest, we must count our blessings the Lord has provided, the more we focus on his greatness, his joy and peace , the more we will experience the love of GOd, In time of trouble, stop to pray and meditate on his word for it will shine the way to our problems we face.

Dear Lord, help us to fulfill your law and let us have overwhelming peace that comes from know you in your precious name we pray amen.