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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 Accuses Job of Folly
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
“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 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 reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
And you choose the tongue 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;
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
Yes, 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?
“Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you made before the hills?
Or were you made 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?
Have you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Do you 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 is not in us?
What do you understand that is not in us?
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,
Much older than your father.
Much 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?
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 turn your spirit against God,
And let such words go out of your mouth?
And let such words 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 could be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
If God puts no trust in His saints,
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 man, who is abominable and filthy,
Who drinks iniquity like water!
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
“I will tell you, hear me;
What I have seen I will declare,
What I have seen I will declare,
(what wise men have told,
without hiding it from their fathers,
without hiding it from their fathers,
What wise men have told,
Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
to whom alone the land was given,
and no stranger passed among them).
and no stranger 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 with pain all his days,
And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
in prosperity the destroyer will come 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,
For a sword is waiting for him.
For a sword is waiting for him.
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 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.
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.
Because he has stretched out his hand against God
and defies the Almighty,
and defies the Almighty,
For he stretches out his hand against God,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
running stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;
with a thickly bossed shield;
Running stubbornly against Him
With his strong, embossed shield.
With his strong, embossed shield.
because he has covered his face with his fat
and gathered fat upon his waist
and gathered fat upon his waist
“Though he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
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 dwells in desolate cities,
In houses which no one inhabits,
Which are destined to become ruins.
In houses which no one inhabits,
Which are destined to become ruins.
He will not be rich,
Nor will his wealth continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
Nor will his wealth continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
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 depart from darkness;
The flame will dry out his branches,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
The flame will dry out his branches,
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 futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
For futility 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 branch will not be green.
And his 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 shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
And cast off his blossom like an 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 hypocrites will be barren,
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.