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Eliphaz: the Innocent Prosper
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Eliphaz: Innocent Do Not Suffer
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient?
But who can refrain from speaking?
But who can refrain from speaking?
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
“Behold you have admonished many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
And you have strengthened weak hands.
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
“Your words have helped the tottering to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.
And you have strengthened feeble knees.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
“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.
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
“Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?
Or where were the upright destroyed?
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
“Now a word was brought to me stealthily,
And my ear received a whisper of it.
And my ear received a whisper of it.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
“Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
When deep sleep falls on men,
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made all my bones shake.
And made all my bones shake.
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
“Then a spirit passed by my face;
The hair of my flesh bristled up.
The hair of my flesh bristled up.
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
“It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, then I heard a voice:
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, then I heard a voice:
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
‘Can mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
‘He puts no trust even in His servants;
And against His angels He charges error.
And against His angels He charges error.
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces;
Unobserved, they perish forever.
Unobserved, they perish forever.