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Eliphaz: Innocent Do Not Suffer
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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 become impatient?
But who can refrain from speaking?
But who can refrain from speaking?
If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?
“Behold you have admonished many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
And you have strengthened weak hands.
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;
“Your words have helped the tottering to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.
And you have strengthened 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.
“Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?
Or where were the upright destroyed?
Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?
“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
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 come to an end.
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.
“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 roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;
“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
And the whelps 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,
And my ear received a whisper of it.
And my ear received a whisper of it.
Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.
“Amid disquieting thoughts from the 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,
And made all my bones shake.
And made all my bones shake.
Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;
“Then a spirit passed by my face;
The hair of my flesh bristled up.
The hair of my flesh bristled 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:
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:
‘Can mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Shall [mortal] man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?
‘He puts no trust even in His servants;
And against His angels He charges error.
And against His angels He charges error.
Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
‘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!
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 broken in pieces;
Unobserved, they perish forever.
Unobserved, they perish forever.
From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.