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Eliphaz
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Eliphaz: Job Has Sinned
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then 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 one attempts a word with you, will you become weary?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?
Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
Surely you have instructed many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
And you have strengthened weak hands.
Your words have supported those who stumbled;
you have strengthened faltering knees.
you have strengthened faltering 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 comes upon you, and you are weary;
It touches you, and you are troubled.
It touches you, and you are troubled.
Should not your piety be your confidence
and your blameless ways your hope?
and your blameless 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?
“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?
Where were the upright ever destroyed?
Where were the upright ever destroyed?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright ever cut off?
Or where were the upright ever 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,
Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble reap the same.
Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble 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 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 lions may roar and growl,
yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
yet the teeth of the great 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 cubs of the lioness are scattered.
and the cubs 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.
“A word was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper of it.
my ears caught 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 dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,
when deep sleep falls on people,
In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
When deep sleep falls on men,
fear and trembling seized me
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.
A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body stood on end.
and the hair on my body stood on end.
Then a spirit passed before my face;
The hair on my body stood up.
The hair on my body 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,
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 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?
‘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?
If God places no trust in his servants,
if he charges his angels with error,
if he charges his angels with 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 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 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 dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish forever.
unnoticed, 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.