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Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Eliphaz: the Innocent Prosper
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?
Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;
Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have made firm the feeble knees.
and you have made firm the feeble knees.
Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:
But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
it touches you, and you are dismayed.
it touches you, and you are dismayed.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?
“Remember: who that was innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright cut off?
Or where were the upright cut off?
Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?
As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.
and sow trouble reap the same.
Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.
By the breath of God they perish,
and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.
The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion,
the teeth of the young lions are broken.
the teeth of the young lions are broken.
The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;
The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
“Now a word was brought to me stealthily;
my ear received the whisper of it.
my ear received the whisper of it.
Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.
Amid thoughts from visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
when deep sleep falls on men,
In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: --
dread came upon me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
which made all my bones shake.
Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;
A spirit glided past my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up.
the hair of my flesh stood up.
And a spirit passed before my face -- the hair of my flesh stood up --
It stood still,
but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, then I heard a voice:
but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, then I heard a voice:
It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:
Shall [mortal] man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?
Even in his servants he puts no trust,
and his angels he charges with error;
and his angels he charges with error;
Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.