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Eliphaz Accuses Job of Folly
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
And fill himself with the east wind?
And fill himself with the east wind?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
“Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?
Or with words which are not profitable?
“Indeed, you do away with reverence
And hinder meditation before God.
And hinder meditation before God.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of the crafty.
And you choose the language of the crafty.
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.
And your own lips testify against you.
“Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you made before the hills?
Or were you made before the hills?
“Were you the first man to be born,
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Have you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
“Do you hear the secret counsel of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?
And limit wisdom to yourself?
What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not in us?
What do you understand that is not in us?
“What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that we do not?
What do you understand that we do not?
Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father.
Much older than your father.
“Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.
Older than your father.
“Are the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the word spoken gently with you?
Even the word spoken gently with you?
“Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,
And why do your eyes flash,
That you turn your spirit against God,
And let such words go out of your mouth?
And let such words go out of your mouth?
That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
“What is man, that he could be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
If God puts no trust in His saints,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
“Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
Who drinks iniquity like water!
Who drinks iniquity like water!
How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
“I will tell you, hear me;
What I have seen I will declare,
What I have seen I will declare,
What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life
“I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;
What wise men have told,
Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from their fathers,
And have not concealed from their fathers,
To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them.
And no alien passed among them.
The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
“The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
“Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.
For a sword is waiting for him.
“He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
And he is destined for the sword.
And he is destined for the sword.
He wanders about 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.
“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
“Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
For he stretches out his hand against God,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
Running stubbornly against Him
With his strong, embossed shield.
With his strong, embossed shield.
“He rushes headlong at Him
With his massive shield.
With his massive shield.
“Though he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
“For he has covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
He dwells in desolate cities,
In houses which no one inhabits,
Which are destined to become ruins.
In houses which no one inhabits,
Which are destined to become ruins.
“He has lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.
He will not be rich,
Nor will his wealth continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
Nor will his wealth continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
He will not depart from darkness;
The flame will dry out his branches,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
The flame will dry out his branches,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
“He will not escape from darkness;
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
For futility will be his reward.
“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his reward.
For emptiness will be his reward.
It will be accomplished before his time,
And his branch will not be green.
And his branch will not be green.
“It will be accomplished before his time,
And his palm branch will not be green.
And his palm branch will not be green.
He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
“He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
“For the company of the godless is barren,
And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.