Bible. Books of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
14 When a man dies, will he live again? On all the days of the time allotted to me, I would wait for my replacement.
15 Thou wouldst call, and I would give thee an answer, and thou wouldst show favor to the work of thy hands;
16 for then thou wouldst have numbered my steps, and would not have waited for my sin;
17 In the scroll my iniquity would have been sealed, and thou wouldst have covered my guilt.
18 But the mountain falleth down, and the rock departs from its place;
19 The water weareth away the stones; its flood washes away the dust of the earth: so Thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Thou shalt press him to the end, and he departs; you betray his face and send him away.
21 Whether his children are honored, he does not know, whether they are humiliated, he does not perceive;
22 But his flesh hurts him, and his soul suffers in him.
Chapter 15
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 Shall the wise answer with vain knowledge, and fill his belly with a scorching wind?
3 To be justified with words that are useless, and with speech that has no power?
4 Thou hast put aside fear, and countest speech to God as a little.
5 Thy wickedness hath thus disposed thy mouth, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the wicked.
6 Thy mouth accuses thee, and not I, and thy tongue speaketh against thee.
7 Were you born the first man, and were you created before the hills?
8 Have you heard the counsel of God, and have you drawn wisdom unto you?
9 What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we would not have?
10 And there is a gray-haired man and an old man among us, whose days are greater than thy father.
11 Is the consolation of God little for you? And this is unknown to you?