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Eliphaz’s Third Response to Job
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Eliphaz
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
“Can a person do anything to help God?
Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
“Can a man be of benefit to God?
Can even a wise person benefit him?
Can even a wise person benefit him?
Is it any advantage to the Almighty if you are righteous?
Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?
Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?
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 because you’re so pious that he accuses you
and brings judgment against you?
and brings judgment against you?
“Is it for your piety that he rebukes you
and brings charges against you?
and brings charges against you?
No, it’s because of your wickedness!
There’s no limit to your sins.
There’s no limit to your sins.
Is not your wickedness great?
Are not your sins endless?
Are not your sins endless?
“For example, you must have lent money to your friend
and demanded clothing as security.
Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
and demanded clothing as security.
Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
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.
You must have refused water for the thirsty
and food for the hungry.
and food for the hungry.
You gave no water to the weary
and you withheld food from the hungry,
and you withheld food from the hungry,
You probably think the land belongs to the powerful
and only the privileged have a right to it!
and only the privileged have a right to it!
though you were a powerful man, owning land —
an honored man, living on it.
an honored man, living on it.
You must have sent widows away empty-handed
and crushed the hopes of orphans.
and crushed the hopes of orphans.
And you sent widows away empty-handed
and broke the strength of the fatherless.
and broke the strength of the fatherless.
That is why you are surrounded by traps
and tremble from sudden fears.
and tremble from sudden fears.
That is why snares are all around you,
why sudden peril terrifies you,
why sudden peril terrifies you,
That is why you cannot see in the darkness,
and waves of water cover you.
and waves of water cover 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.
“God is so great — higher than the heavens,
higher than the farthest stars.
higher than the farthest stars.
“Is not God in the heights of heaven?
And see how lofty are the highest stars!
And see how lofty are the highest stars!
But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing!
How can he judge through the thick darkness?
How can he judge through the thick darkness?
Yet you say, ‘What does God know?
Does he judge through such darkness?
Does he judge through such darkness?
For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us.
He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.’
He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.’
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.’
“Will you continue on the old paths
where evil people have walked?
where evil people have walked?
Will you keep to the old path
that the wicked have trod?
that the wicked have trod?
They were snatched away in the prime of life,
the foundations of their lives washed away.
the foundations of their lives washed away.
They were carried off before their time,
their foundations washed away by a flood.
their foundations washed away by a flood.
For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’
What can the Almighty do to us?’
They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’
What can the Almighty do to us?’
Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things,
so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
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.
“The righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed,
and the innocent will laugh in contempt.
and the innocent will laugh in contempt.
The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;
the innocent mock them, saying,
the innocent mock them, saying,
They will say, ‘See how our enemies have been destroyed.
The last of them have been consumed in the fire.’
The last of them have been consumed in the fire.’
‘Surely our foes are destroyed,
and fire devours their wealth.’
and fire devours their wealth.’
“Submit to God, and you will have peace;
then things will go well for you.
then things will go well for you.
“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.
Listen to his instructions,
and store them in your heart.
and store them in your heart.
Accept 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 —
so clean up your life.
so clean up your life.
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 give up your lust for money
and throw your precious gold into the river,
and throw your precious gold into the river,
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,
the Almighty himself will be your treasure.
He will be your precious silver!
He will be your precious silver!
then the Almighty will be your gold,
the choicest silver for you.
the choicest silver for you.
“Then you will take delight in the Almighty
and look up to God.
and look up to God.
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.
You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows to him.
and you will fulfill your vows to him.
You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows.
and you will fulfill your vows.
You will succeed in whatever you choose to do,
and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
What you decide on will be done,
and light will shine on your ways.
and light will shine on your ways.
If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’
God will save them.
God will save them.
When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
then he will save the downcast.
then he will save the downcast.