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Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
And fill himself with the east wind?
And fill himself with the east wind?
Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
“Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?
Or with words which are not profitable?
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
“Indeed, you do away with reverence
And hinder meditation before God.
And hinder meditation before God.
Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of the crafty.
And you choose the language of the crafty.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.
And your own lips testify against you.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
“Were you the first man to be born,
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
“Do you hear the secret counsel of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?
And limit wisdom to yourself?
Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
“What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that we do not?
What do you understand that we do not?
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
“Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.
Older than your father.
Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
“Are the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the word spoken gently with you?
Even the word spoken gently with you?
Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
“Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,
And why do your eyes flash,
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
“Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
How much less the abominable and corrupt, -- man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life
“I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;
I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from their fathers,
And have not concealed from their fathers,
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them.
And no alien passed among them.
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
“The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
“Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
“He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
And he is destined for the sword.
And he is destined for the sword.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
He wandereth abroad for bread, -- where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
“Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
“He rushes headlong at Him
With his massive shield.
With his massive shield.
He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
“For he has covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
“He has lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
“He will not escape from darkness;
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his reward.
For emptiness will be his reward.
Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
“It will be accomplished before his time,
And his palm branch will not be green.
And his palm branch will not be green.
It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
“He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
“For the company of the godless is barren,
And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.