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Eliphaz Speaks: Job’s Wickedness Is Great
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
“Can a man be profitable to God?
Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,
or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you
and enters into judgment with you?
and enters into judgment with you?
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Is not your evil abundant?
There is no end to your iniquities.
There is no end to your iniquities.
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing
and stripped the naked of their clothing.
and stripped the naked of their clothing.
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
The man with power possessed the land,
and the favored man lived in it.
and the favored man lived in it.
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
You have sent widows away empty,
and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Therefore snares are all around you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
or darkness, so that you cannot see,
and a flood of water covers you.
and a flood of water covers you.
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
“Is not God high in the heavens?
See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
But you say, ‘What does God know?
Can he judge through the deep darkness?
Can he judge through the deep darkness?
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see,
and he walks on the vault of heaven.’
and he walks on the vault of heaven.’
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Will you keep to the old way
that wicked men have trod?
that wicked men have trod?
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Yet he filled their houses with good things —
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The righteous see it and are glad;
the innocent one mocks at them,
the innocent one mocks at them,
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off,
and what they left the fire has consumed.’
and what they left the fire has consumed.’
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
“Agree with God, and be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.
thereby good will come to you.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Receive instruction from his mouth,
and lay up his words in your heart.
and lay up his words in your heart.
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
If you return to the Almighty you will be built up;
if you remove injustice far from your tents,
if you remove injustice far from your tents,
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
if you lay gold in the dust,
and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
then the Almighty will be your gold
and your precious silver.
and your precious silver.
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty
and lift up your face to God.
and lift up your face to God.
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you,
and you will pay your vows.
and you will pay your vows.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,
and light will shine on your ways.
and light will shine on your ways.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.