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Eliphaz’s Second Response to Job
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Folly
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
“A wise man wouldn’t answer with such empty talk!
You are nothing but a windbag.
You are nothing but a windbag.
The wise don’t engage in empty chatter.
What good are such words?
What good are such words?
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?
Have you no fear of God,
no reverence for him?
no reverence for him?
Your sins are telling your mouth what to say.
Your words are based on clever deception.
Your words are based on clever deception.
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 I.
Your own lips testify against you.
Your own lips testify against you.
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
“Were you the first person ever born?
Were you born before the hills were made?
Were you born before the hills were made?
“Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you made before the hills?
Or were you made before the hills?
Were you listening at God’s secret council?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
Have you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
What do you know that we don’t?
What do you understand that we do not?
What do you understand that we do not?
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?
On our side are aged, gray-haired men
much older than your father!
much older than your father!
Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father.
Much older than your father.
“Is God’s comfort too little for you?
Is his gentle word not enough?
Is his gentle word not enough?
that you turn against God
and say all these evil things?
and say all these evil things?
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?
Can any mortal be pure?
Can anyone born of a woman be just?
Can anyone born of a woman be just?
“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?
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,
How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person
with a thirst for wickedness!
with a thirst for wickedness!
How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
Who drinks iniquity like water!
Who drinks iniquity like water!
“If you will listen, I will show you.
I will answer you from my own experience.
I will answer you from my own experience.
“I will tell you, hear me;
What I have seen I will declare,
What I have seen I will declare,
And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men
who have heard the same thing from their fathers —
who have heard the same thing from their fathers —
What wise men have told,
Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
from those to whom the land was given
long before any foreigners arrived.
long before any foreigners arrived.
“The wicked writhe in pain throughout their lives.
Years of trouble are stored up for the ruthless.
Years of trouble are stored up for the ruthless.
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 sound of terror rings in their ears,
and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.
and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.
They dare not go out into the darkness
for fear they will be murdered.
for fear they will be murdered.
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 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.
That dark day terrifies them.
They live in distress and anguish,
like a king preparing for battle.
They live in distress and anguish,
like a king preparing for battle.
For they shake their fists at God,
defying the Almighty.
defying the Almighty.
For he stretches out his hand against God,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
Holding their strong shields,
they defiantly charge against him.
they defiantly charge against him.
Running stubbornly against Him
With his strong, embossed shield.
With his strong, embossed shield.
“These wicked people are heavy and prosperous;
their waists bulge with fat.
their waists bulge with fat.
“Though he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
But their cities will be ruined.
They will live in abandoned houses
that are ready to tumble down.
They will live in abandoned houses
that are ready to tumble down.
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.
Their riches will not last,
and their wealth will not endure.
Their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.
and their wealth will not endure.
Their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.
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.
“They will not escape the darkness.
The burning sun will wither their shoots,
and the breath of God will destroy them.
The burning sun will wither their shoots,
and the breath of God will destroy them.
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.
Let them no longer fool themselves by trusting in empty riches,
for emptiness will be their only reward.
for emptiness will be their only reward.
Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
For futility will be his reward.
They will be cut down in the prime of life;
their branches will never again be green.
their branches will never again be green.
It will be accomplished before his time,
And his branch will not be green.
And his branch will not be green.
They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested too early,
like an olive tree that loses its blossoms before the fruit can form.
like an olive tree that loses its blossoms before the fruit can form.
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.
For the godless are barren.
Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.