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Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Eliphaz’s First Response to Job
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
“Will you be patient and let me say a word?
For who could keep from speaking out?
For who could keep from speaking out?
Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
“In the past you have encouraged many people;
you have strengthened those who were weak.
you have strengthened those who were weak.
Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have made firm the feeble knees.
and you have made firm the feeble knees.
Your words have supported those who were falling;
you encouraged those with shaky knees.
you encouraged those with shaky 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 when trouble strikes, you lose heart.
You are terrified when it touches you.
You are terrified when it touches you.
Doesn’t your reverence for God give you confidence?
Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope?
Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope?
“Remember: who that was innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright cut off?
Or where were the upright cut off?
“Stop and think! Do the innocent die?
When have the upright been destroyed?
When have the upright been destroyed?
As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.
and sow trouble reap the same.
My experience shows that those who plant trouble
and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
and cultivate evil will harvest 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.
A breath from God destroys them.
They vanish in a blast of his anger.
They vanish in a blast of his anger.
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 lion roars and the wildcat snarls,
but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.
but the teeth of strong lions will be 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 fierce lion will starve for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.
and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.
“Now a word was brought to me stealthily;
my ear received the whisper of it.
my ear received the whisper of it.
“This truth was given to me in secret,
as though whispered in my ear.
as though whispered in my ear.
Amid thoughts from visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
when deep sleep falls on men,
It came to me in a disturbing vision at night,
when people are in a deep sleep.
when people are in a deep sleep.
dread came upon me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
which made all my bones shake.
Fear gripped me,
and my bones trembled.
and my bones trembled.
A spirit glided past my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up.
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:
The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape.
There was a form before my eyes.
In the silence I heard a voice say,
There was a form before my eyes.
In the silence I heard a voice say,
‘Can a mortal be innocent before God?
Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’
Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’
Even in his servants he puts no trust,
and his angels he charges with error;
and his angels he charges with error;
“If God does not trust his own angels
and has charged his messengers with foolishness,
and has charged his messengers with foolishness,
how much less will he trust people made of clay!
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as 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 alive in the morning but dead by evening,
gone forever without a trace.
gone forever without a trace.