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Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Eliphaz: Job Has Sinned
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then 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 one attempts a word with you, will you become weary?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?
Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
Surely you have instructed many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
And you have strengthened 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.
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 comes upon you, and you are weary;
It touches you, and you are troubled.
It touches you, and you are troubled.
Is not your reverence your confidence?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
“Remember: who that was innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright cut off?
Or where were the upright cut off?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright ever cut off?
Or where were the upright ever 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,
Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble reap the same.
Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble 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 blast of God they perish,
And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.
And by the breath of His anger they are 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 roaring of the lion,
The voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
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 perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
And the cubs 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 a word was secretly brought to me,
And my ear received a whisper of it.
And my ear received a whisper of it.
Amid thoughts from visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
when deep sleep falls on men,
In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
When deep sleep falls on men,
dread came upon me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
which made all my bones shake.
Fear came upon me, and trembling,
Which made all my bones shake.
Which made all my bones shake.
A spirit glided past my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up.
the hair of my flesh stood up.
Then a spirit passed before my face;
The hair on my body stood up.
The hair on my body 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,
But I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence;
Then I heard a voice saying:
But I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence;
Then I heard a voice saying:
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Can a man be more pure 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;
If He puts no trust in His servants,
If He charges His angels with error,
If He charges His angels with error,
How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?
Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
They are broken in pieces from morning till evening;
They perish forever, with no one regarding.
They perish forever, with no one regarding.