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Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then 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?
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?
Should he argue in unprofitable talk,
or in words with which he can do no good?
or in words with which he can do no good?
“Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?
Or with words which are not profitable?
“Indeed, you do away with reverence
And hinder meditation before God.
And hinder meditation before God.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
and you choose 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.
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
your own lips testify against you.
your own lips testify against you.
“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.
And your own lips testify against you.
“Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Or were you 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?
Have you listened in the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
“Do you hear the secret counsel of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?
And limit wisdom to yourself?
What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
What do you understand that is not clear to 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 gray-haired and the aged are among us,
older than your father.
older than your father.
“Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.
Older than your father.
Are the comforts of God too small for you,
or the word that deals gently with you?
or the word that deals gently with you?
“Are the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the word spoken gently with you?
Even the word spoken gently with you?
Why does your heart carry you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
and why do your eyes flash,
“Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,
And why do your eyes flash,
that you turn your spirit against God
and bring such words out of your mouth?
and bring such words out of your 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 can be pure?
Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
Or he who is born of a woman, that he can 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 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 one who is abominable and corrupt,
a man who drinks injustice like water!
a man who drinks injustice 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 show you; hear me,
and what I have seen I will declare
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;
(what wise men have told,
without hiding it from their fathers,
without hiding it from their fathers,
What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from their fathers,
And have not concealed from their fathers,
to whom alone the land was given,
and no stranger passed among them).
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.
The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
“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.
Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
in prosperity the destroyer will come 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 does not believe that he will return out of darkness,
and he is marked for the sword.
and he is marked 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 wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
He knows that a 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 terrify him;
they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
they prevail against him, like a king ready for 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,
Because he has stretched out his hand against God
and defies the Almighty,
and defies 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.
running stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;
with a thickly bossed shield;
“He rushes headlong at Him
With his massive shield.
With his massive shield.
because he has covered his face with his fat
and gathered fat upon his waist
and gathered fat upon his waist
“For he has covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
and has lived in desolate cities,
in houses that none should inhabit,
which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
in houses that none should inhabit,
which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
“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 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 will not depart from darkness;
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.
“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 emptiness, deceiving himself,
for emptiness will be his payment.
for emptiness will be his payment.
“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his reward.
For emptiness will be his reward.
It will be paid in full before his time,
and his branch will not be green.
and his branch will 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 will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,
and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
“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 company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
and fire consumes 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.