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Eliphaz
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
Would they argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?
with speeches that have no value?
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.
and hinder devotion to God.
Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
Your sin prompts your mouth;
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.
your own lips testify against you.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
“Are you the first man ever born?
Were you brought forth before the hills?
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 listen in on God’s council?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
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 insights do you have that we do not have?
What insights do you have that we do not have?
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,
men even older than your father.
men even older than your father.
Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
Are God’s consolations not enough for you,
words spoken gently to you?
words spoken gently to you?
Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
Why has your heart carried 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?
so that you vent your rage against God
and pour out such words from your mouth?
and pour out such words from your mouth?
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
“What are mortals, that they could be pure,
or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
If God places no trust in his holy ones,
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,
who drink up evil like water!
who drink up evil like water!
How much less the abominable and corrupt, -- man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
“Listen to me and I will explain to you;
let me tell you what I have seen,
let me tell you what I have seen,
I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
what the wise have declared,
hiding nothing received from their ancestors
hiding nothing received from their ancestors
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
(to whom alone the land was given
when no foreigners moved among them):
when no foreigners moved among them):
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
All his days the wicked man suffers torment,
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.
All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
Terrifying sounds fill his ears;
when all seems well, marauders attack him.
when all seems well, marauders attack him.
The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;
he is marked for the sword.
he is marked 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 like a vulture;
he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
he knows the 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 fill him with terror;
troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
because he shakes his fist at God
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield.
with a thick, strong shield.
He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
“Though his face is covered with fat
and his waist bulges with flesh,
and his waist bulges with flesh,
For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
he will inhabit ruined towns
and houses where no one lives,
houses crumbling to rubble.
and houses where no one lives,
houses crumbling to rubble.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,
nor will his possessions spread over the land.
nor will his possessions spread over the land.
He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
He will not escape the darkness;
a flame will wither his shoots,
and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
a flame will wither his shoots,
and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him 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 deceive himself by trusting what is worthless,
for he will get nothing in return.
for he will get nothing in return.
Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
Before his time he will wither,
and his branches will not flourish.
and his branches will not flourish.
It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,
like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
For the company of the godless will be barren,
and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.