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Eliphaz
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Eliphaz: the Innocent Prosper
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?
But who can keep from speaking?
If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?
Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;
Your words have supported those who stumbled;
you have strengthened faltering knees.
you have strengthened faltering knees.
Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:
But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;
it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Should not your piety be your confidence
and your blameless ways your hope?
and your blameless ways your hope?
Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?
“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?
Where were the upright ever destroyed?
Where were the upright ever destroyed?
Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?
As I have observed, those who plow evil
and those who sow trouble reap it.
and those who sow trouble reap it.
Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.
At the breath of God they perish;
at the blast of his anger they are no more.
at the blast of his anger they are no more.
By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.
The lions may roar and growl,
yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
yet the teeth of the great 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 cubs of the lioness are scattered.
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
“A word was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper of it.
my ears caught a whisper of it.
Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.
Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,
when deep sleep falls on people,
In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: --
fear and trembling seized me
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;
A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body stood on end.
and the hair on my body stood on end.
And a spirit passed before my face -- the hair of my flesh stood up --
It stopped,
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed 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 a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
Shall [mortal] man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?
If God places no trust in his servants,
if he charges his angels with error,
if he charges his angels with error,
Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
how much more those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundations are in the dust,
who are crushed more readily than a moth!
whose foundations are in the dust,
who are crushed more readily than a moth!
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish forever.
unnoticed, they perish forever.
From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.