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Eliphaz’s Third Response to Job
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Wickedness
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
“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 profitable to God,
Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
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?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?
Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?
Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?
Is it because you’re so pious that he accuses you
and brings judgment against you?
and brings judgment against you?
“Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,
And enters into judgment with you?
And enters into judgment with 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,
And your iniquity without end?
And your iniquity without end?
“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.
For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.
And stripped the naked of their clothing.
You must have refused water for the thirsty
and food for the hungry.
and food for the hungry.
You have not given the weary water to drink,
And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
And you have withheld bread 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!
You must have sent widows away empty-handed
and crushed the hopes of orphans.
and crushed the hopes of orphans.
That is why you are surrounded by traps
and tremble from sudden fears.
and tremble from sudden fears.
Therefore snares are all around you,
And sudden fear troubles you,
And sudden fear troubles you,
That is why you cannot see in the darkness,
and waves of water cover you.
and waves of water cover you.
Or darkness so that you cannot see;
And an abundance of water covers you.
And an abundance 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 height of heaven?
And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!
And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!
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?
And you say, ‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the deep darkness?
Can He judge through the deep 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 cover Him, so that He cannot see,
And He walks above the circle of heaven.’
And He walks above the circle of heaven.’
“Will you continue on the old paths
where evil people have walked?
where evil people have walked?
Will you keep to the old way
Which wicked men have trod,
Which wicked men 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.
Who were cut down before their time,
Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
Whose foundations were swept 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?’
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 He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
“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 it and are glad,
And the innocent laugh at them:
And the innocent laugh at them:
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.’
“Submit to God, and you will have peace;
then things will go well for you.
then things will go well for you.
“Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.
Thereby good will come to you.
Listen to his instructions,
and store them in your heart.
and store them in your heart.
Receive, please, 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 built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
If you give up your lust for money
and throw your precious gold into the river,
and throw your precious gold into the river,
Then you will lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
the Almighty himself will be your treasure.
He will be your precious silver!
He will be your precious silver!
“Then you will take delight in the Almighty
and look up to God.
and look up to God.
For then you will have your delight in the Almighty,
And lift up your face to God.
And 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 make your prayer to Him,
He will hear you,
And you will pay your vows.
He will hear you,
And you will pay 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.
You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.
And it will be established for you;
So 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 they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’
Then He will save the humble person.
Then He will save the humble person.