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Eliphaz
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then 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?
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?
Should he argue in unprofitable talk,
or in words with which he can do no good?
or in words with which he can do no good?
But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.
and hinder devotion to God.
Your sin prompts your mouth;
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.
your own lips testify against you.
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
your own lips testify against you.
your own lips testify against you.
“Are you the first man ever born?
Were you brought forth before the hills?
Were you brought forth before the hills?
“Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Or were you 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?
Have you listened in the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
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 do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
What do you understand that is not clear to 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 gray-haired and the aged are among us,
older than your father.
older than your father.
Are God’s consolations not enough for you,
words spoken gently to you?
words spoken gently to you?
Are the comforts of God too small for you,
or the word that deals gently with you?
or the word that deals gently with you?
Why has your heart carried you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
and why do your eyes flash,
Why does your heart carry you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
and why do your eyes flash,
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 you turn your spirit against God
and bring such words out of your mouth?
and bring such words out of your 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 can be pure?
Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
Or he who is born of a woman, that he can 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,
how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,
who drink up evil like water!
who drink up evil like water!
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
a man who drinks injustice like water!
a man who drinks injustice 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 show you; hear me,
and what I have seen I will declare
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
(what wise men have told,
without hiding it from their fathers,
without hiding it from their fathers,
(to whom alone the land was given
when no foreigners moved among them):
when no foreigners moved among them):
to whom alone the land was given,
and no stranger passed among them).
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.
The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
Terrifying sounds fill his ears;
when all seems well, marauders attack him.
when all seems well, marauders attack him.
Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;
he is marked for the sword.
he is marked for the sword.
He does not believe that he will return out of darkness,
and he is marked for the sword.
and he is marked 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 wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
He knows that a 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 terrify him;
they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
because he shakes his fist at God
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
Because he has stretched out his hand against God
and defies the Almighty,
and defies the Almighty,
defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield.
with a thick, strong shield.
running stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;
with a thickly bossed shield;
“Though his face is covered with fat
and his waist bulges with flesh,
and his waist bulges with flesh,
because he has covered his face with his fat
and gathered fat upon his waist
and gathered fat upon his waist
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 has lived in desolate cities,
in houses that none should inhabit,
which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
in houses that none should inhabit,
which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
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 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 will not depart from darkness;
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.
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 emptiness, deceiving himself,
for emptiness will be his payment.
for emptiness will be his payment.
Before his time he will wither,
and his branches will not flourish.
and his branches will not flourish.
It will be paid in full before his time,
and his branch will not be green.
and his branch will 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 will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,
and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
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 company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.