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Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
And fill himself with the east wind?
And fill himself with the east wind?
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
“Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?
Or with words which are not profitable?
Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
“Indeed, you do away with reverence
And hinder meditation before God.
And hinder meditation before God.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of the crafty.
And you choose the language of the crafty.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.
And your own lips testify against you.
Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
“Were you the first man to be born,
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
“Do you hear the secret counsel of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?
And limit wisdom to yourself?
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
“What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that we do not?
What do you understand that we do not?
Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
“Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.
Older than your father.
Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
“Are the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the word spoken gently with you?
Even the word spoken gently with you?
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
“Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,
And why do your eyes flash,
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
“Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
How much less the abominable and corrupt, -- man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life
“I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from their fathers,
And have not concealed from their fathers,
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them.
And no alien passed among them.
All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
“The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
“Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
“He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
And he is destined for the sword.
And he is destined for the sword.
He wandereth abroad for bread, -- where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
“Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
“He rushes headlong at Him
With his massive shield.
With his massive shield.
For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
“For he has covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
“He has lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.
He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
“He will not escape from darkness;
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his reward.
For emptiness will be his reward.
It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
“It will be accomplished before his time,
And his palm branch will not be green.
And his palm branch will not be green.
He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
“He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
“For the company of the godless is barren,
And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.