American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Then answered[H6030] Eliphaz[H464] the Temanite[H8489], and said[H559],

2. Should a wise man[H2450] make answer[H6030] with vain[H7307] knowledge[H1847], And fill[H4390] himself[H990] with the east wind[H6921]?

3. Should he reason[H3198] with unprofitable[H5532] talk[H1697], Or with speeches[H4405] wherewith he can do no good[H3276]?

4. Yea[H6565], thou doest away with fear[H3374], And hinderest[H1639] devotion[H7881] before[H6440] God[H410].

5. For thine iniquity[H5771] teacheth[H502] thy mouth[H6310], And thou choosest[H977] the tongue[H3956] of the crafty[H6175].

6. Thine own mouth[H6310] condemneth[H7561] thee[H8193], and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee[H6030].

7. Art thou the first[H7223] man[H120] that was born[H3205]? Or wast thou brought[H2342] forth before[H6440] the hills[H1389]?

8. Hast thou heard[H8085] the secret[H5475] counsel of God[H433]? And dost thou limit[H1639] wisdom to thyself[H2451]?

9. What knowest[H3045] thou[H3045], that we know not[H995]? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

10. With us are both the gray-headed[H7867] and the very aged[H3453] men[H3524], Much elder[H3117] than thy father[H1].

11. Are the consolations[H8575] of God[H410] too small[H4592] for thee[H1697], Even the word that is gentle toward thee[H328]?

12. Why doth thy heart[H3820] carry thee away[H3947]? And why do thine eyes[H5869] flash[H7335],

13. That against God[H410] thou turnest[H7725] thy spirit[H7307], And lettest words[H4405] go out[H3318] of thy mouth[H6310]?

14. What is man[H582], that he should be clean[H2135]? And he that is born[H3205] of a woman[H802], that he should be righteous[H6663]?

15. Behold[H539], he putteth no trust in his holy[H6918] ones[H8064]; Yea, the heavens are not clean[H2141] in his sight[H5869]:

16. How much less one[H376] that is abominable[H8581] and corrupt[H376], A man that drinketh[H8354] iniquity[H5766] like water[H4325]!

17. I will show[H2331] thee[H8085], hear thou me[H2372]; And that which I have seen I will declare[H5608]:

18. (Which wise[H2450] men have told[H5046] From their fathers[H1], and have not hid it[H3582];

19. Unto whom alone the land[H776] was given[H5414], And no stranger[H2114] passed[H5674] among them[H8432]):

20. The wicked[H7563] man travaileth[H2342] with pain all his days[H3117], Even the number[H4557] of years[H8141] that are laid[H6845] up for the oppressor[H6184].

21. A sound[H6963] of terrors[H6343] is in his ears[H241]; In prosperity[H7965] the destroyer[H7703] shall come upon him[H935].

22. He believeth[H539] not that he shall return[H7725] out of darkness[H2822], And he is waited[H6822] for of the sword[H2719].

23. He wandereth abroad[H5074] for bread[H3899], saying[H3045], Where is it? He knoweth that the day[H3117] of darkness[H2822] is ready[H3559] at his hand[H3027].

24. Distress[H6862] and anguish[H4691] make him afraid[H1204]; They prevail[H8630] against him[H4428], as a king ready[H6264] to the battle[H3593].

25. Because he hath stretched out[H5186] his hand[H3027] against God[H410], And behaveth himself proudly[H1396] against the Almighty[H7706];

26. He runneth[H7323] upon him with a stiff neck[H6677], With the thick[H5672] bosses[H1354] of his bucklers[H4043];

27. Because he hath covered[H3680] his face[H6440] with his fatness[H2459], And gathered[H6213] fat[H6371] upon his loins[H3689];

28. And he hath dwelt[H7931] in desolate[H3582] cities[H5892], In houses[H1004] which no man inhabited[H3427], Which were ready[H6257] to become heaps[H1530];

29. He shall not be rich[H6238], neither shall his substance[H2428] continue[H6965], Neither shall their possessions[H5186] be extended[H4512] on the earth[H776].

30. He shall not depart[H5493] out of darkness[H2822]; The flame[H7957] shall dry up[H3001] his branches[H3127], And by the breath[H7307] of God[H6310]'s mouth shall he go away[H5493].

31. Let him not trust[H539] in vanity[H7723], deceiving[H8582] himself[H7723]; For vanity shall be his recompense[H8545].

32. It shall be accomplished[H4390] before[H3808] his time[H3117], And his branch[H3712] shall not be green[H7488].

33. He shall shake off[H2554] his unripe grape[H1154] as the vine[H1612], And shall cast off[H7993] his flower[H5328] as the olive-tree[H2132].

34. For the company[H5712] of the godless[H2611] shall be barren[H1565], And fire[H784] shall consume[H398] the tents[H168] of bribery[H7810].

35. They conceive[H2029] mischief[H5999], and bring forth[H3205] iniquity[H205], And their heart[H990] prepareth[H3559] deceit[H4820].