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Eliphaz
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Eliphaz Speaks: Job’s Wickedness Is Great
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
“Can a man be of benefit to God?
Can even a wise person benefit him?
Can even a wise person benefit him?
“Can a man be profitable to God?
Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?
What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,
or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
“Is it for your piety that he rebukes you
and brings charges against you?
and brings charges against you?
Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you
and enters into judgment with you?
and enters into judgment with you?
Is not your wickedness great?
Are not your sins endless?
Are not your sins endless?
Is not your evil abundant?
There is no end to your iniquities.
There is no end to your iniquities.
You demanded security from your relatives for no reason;
you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.
you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.
For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing
and stripped the naked of their clothing.
and stripped the naked of their clothing.
You gave no water to the weary
and you withheld food from the hungry,
and you withheld food from the hungry,
You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
though you were a powerful man, owning land —
an honored man, living on it.
an honored man, living on it.
The man with power possessed the land,
and the favored man lived in it.
and the favored man lived in it.
And you sent widows away empty-handed
and broke the strength of the fatherless.
and broke the strength of the fatherless.
You have sent widows away empty,
and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
That is why snares are all around you,
why sudden peril terrifies you,
why sudden peril terrifies you,
Therefore snares are all around you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,
why it is so dark you cannot see,
and why a flood of water covers you.
and why a flood of water covers you.
or darkness, so that you cannot see,
and a flood of water covers you.
and a flood of water covers you.
“Is not God in the heights of heaven?
And see how lofty are the highest stars!
And see how lofty are the highest stars!
“Is not God high in the heavens?
See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Yet you say, ‘What does God know?
Does he judge through such darkness?
Does he judge through such darkness?
But you say, ‘What does God know?
Can he judge through the deep darkness?
Can he judge through the deep darkness?
Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us
as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’
as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’
Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see,
and he walks on the vault of heaven.’
and he walks on the vault of heaven.’
Will you keep to the old path
that the wicked have trod?
that the wicked have trod?
Will you keep to the old way
that wicked men have trod?
that wicked men have trod?
They were carried off before their time,
their foundations washed away by a flood.
their foundations washed away by a flood.
They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’
What can the Almighty do to us?’
Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.
Yet he filled their houses with good things —
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;
the innocent mock them, saying,
the innocent mock them, saying,
The righteous see it and are glad;
the innocent one mocks at them,
the innocent one mocks at them,
‘Surely our foes are destroyed,
and fire devours their wealth.’
and fire devours their wealth.’
saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off,
and what they left the fire has consumed.’
and what they left the fire has consumed.’
“Submit to God and be at peace with him;
in this way prosperity will come to you.
in this way prosperity will come to you.
“Agree with God, and be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.
thereby good will come to you.
Accept instruction from his mouth
and lay up his words in your heart.
and lay up his words in your heart.
Receive instruction from his mouth,
and lay up his words in your heart.
and lay up his words in your heart.
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:
If you remove wickedness far from your tent
If you remove wickedness far from your tent
If you return to the Almighty you will be built up;
if you remove injustice far from your tents,
if you remove injustice far from your tents,
and assign your nuggets to the dust,
your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
if you lay gold in the dust,
and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
then the Almighty will be your gold,
the choicest silver for you.
the choicest silver for you.
then the Almighty will be your gold
and your precious silver.
and your precious silver.
Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty
and will lift up your face to God.
and will lift up your face to God.
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty
and lift up your face to God.
and lift up your face to God.
You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows.
and you will fulfill your vows.
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you,
and you will pay your vows.
and you will pay your vows.
What you decide on will be done,
and light will shine on your ways.
and light will shine on your ways.
You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,
and light will shine on your ways.
and light will shine on your ways.
When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
then he will save the downcast.
then he will save the downcast.