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Eliphaz: Innocent Do Not Suffer
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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 become impatient?
But who can refrain from speaking?
But who can refrain 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 admonished many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
And you have strengthened weak hands.
Surely you have instructed many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
And you have strengthened weak hands.
“Your words have helped the tottering to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.
And you have strengthened 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 fear of God your confidence,
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
Is not your reverence your confidence?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?
Or where were the upright destroyed?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright ever cut off?
Or where were the upright ever 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,
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 come to an end.
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
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 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 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 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 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,
And my ear received a whisper of it.
And my ear received a 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 disquieting thoughts from the 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,
And made all my bones shake.
And made all my bones shake.
Fear came upon me, and trembling,
Which made all my bones shake.
Which made all my bones shake.
“Then a spirit passed by my face;
The hair of my flesh bristled up.
The hair of my flesh bristled 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:
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 mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
‘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?
‘He puts no trust even in His servants;
And against His angels He charges error.
And against His angels He charges 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 the moth!
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who 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 a moth?
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?
‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces;
Unobserved, they perish forever.
Unobserved, they perish forever.
They are broken in pieces from morning till evening;
They perish forever, with no one regarding.
They perish forever, with no one regarding.