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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 responded,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
“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 vigorous man be of use to God,
Or a wise man be useful to himself?
Or a wise man be useful to 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 there any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous,
Or profit if you make your ways perfect?
Or profit if you make your 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?
“Is it because of your reverence that He reproves you,
That He enters into judgment against you?
That He enters into judgment against you?
Is not your evil abundant?
There is no end to your iniquities.
There is no end to your iniquities.
“Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquities without end?
And your iniquities without end?
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 you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.
And stripped men naked.
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.
“To the weary you have given no water to drink,
And from the hungry you have withheld bread.
And from the hungry you have withheld bread.
The man with power possessed the land,
and the favored man lived in it.
and the favored man lived in it.
“But the earth belongs to the mighty man,
And the honorable man dwells in it.
And the honorable man dwells in it.
You have sent widows away empty,
and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
“You have sent widows away empty,
And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.
And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.
Therefore snares are all around you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,
“Therefore snares surround you,
And sudden dread terrifies you,
And sudden dread terrifies you,
or darkness, so that you cannot see,
and a flood of water covers you.
and a flood of water covers you.
Or darkness, so that you cannot see,
And an abundance of water covers you.
And an abundance of water covers you.
“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?
Look also at the distant stars, how high they are!
Look also at the distant 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?
“You say, ‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?
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.’
‘Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;
And He walks on the vault of heaven.’
And He walks on the vault of heaven.’
Will you keep to the old way
that wicked men have trod?
that wicked men have trod?
“Will you keep to the ancient path
Which wicked men have trod,
Which wicked men have trod,
Who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were washed away by a river?
Whose foundations were washed away by a river?
“They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’
And ‘What can the Almighty do to 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.
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 and are glad,
And the innocent mock them,
And the innocent mock them,
saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off,
and what they left the fire has consumed.’
and what they left the fire has consumed.’
Saying, ‘Truly our adversaries are cut off,
And their abundance the fire has consumed.’
And their abundance the fire has consumed.’
“Agree with God, and be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.
thereby good will come to you.
“Yield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.
Thereby good will come to you.
Receive instruction from his mouth,
and lay up his words in your heart.
and lay up his words in your heart.
“Please receive instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart.
And establish His words in your 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 you return to the Almighty, you will be restored;
If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,
If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,
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,
And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
then the Almighty will be your gold
and your precious silver.
and your precious silver.
Then the Almighty will be your gold
And choice silver to you.
And choice silver to you.
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 you will delight in the Almighty
And lift up your face to God.
And lift up your face to 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.
“You will pray to Him, and He will hear you;
And you will pay your vows.
And you will pay your 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.
“You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And light will shine on your ways.
And light will shine on your ways.
“When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence,
And the humble person He will save.
And the humble person He will save.