Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then answered
Eliphaz the Temanite ,
and
said,
“
Can a man be of
use
to
God? Can
even
a
wise man
benefit
Him?
Can a man be profitable
unto
God? Surely
he
that
is
wise is
profitable
unto
himself.
Does
it delight
the Almighty that you
are
righteous? Does
He
profit
if
your
ways are
blameless
?
Is
it any
pleasure
to
the Almighty ,
that thou
art
righteous? Or
is
it
gain
`to
him',
that
thou
makest
thy
ways perfect
?
Is it for your
reverence
that He rebukes
you
and
enters
into judgment against
you
?
Is it for thy
fear
`of
him'
that he reproveth
thee,
That
he
entereth
with
thee
into judgment?
Is not your
wickedness great? Are
not
your
iniquities endless?
Is not thy
wickedness great? Neither
is
there
any
end
to
thine
iniquities .
For you
needlessly
demanded
security
from
your
brothers
and deprived
the naked of their clothing.
For thou
hast
taken
pledges
of
thy
brother
for
nought,
And stripped
the naked of their clothing.
You
gave
no
water to the weary and withheld
food
from the famished,
Thou
hast
not
given
water to the weary to
drink,
And thou
hast
withholden
bread
from the hungry.
while
the land
belonged
to
a
mighty man, and a
man of
honor
lived
on
it.
But
as
for
the mighty man, he
had
the
earth;
And the
honorable
man ,
he
dwelt
in
it.
You
sent widows away empty -handed
, and the strength
of the fatherless was
crushed
.
Thou
hast
sent widows away empty, And the arms
of the fatherless have
been
broken
.
Therefore snares surround
you
, and sudden peril
terrifies
you;
Therefore snares are
round
about
thee
, And sudden fear
troubleth
thee,
it
is
so dark
you
cannot
see, and a
flood
of water
covers
you
.
Or
darkness,
so that
thou
canst
not
see, And abundance
of waters
cover
thee
.
Is not God as
high
as
the heavens
? Look
at
the highest
stars, how lofty
they are!
Is not God in
the height
of
heaven
? And
behold
the height
of
the
stars, how high
they are!
Yet
you
say:
‘
What does
God know? Does
He judge through thick darkness?
And
thou
sayest,
What doth
God know? Can
he judge through the
thick darkness?
Thick clouds veil
Him so He does
not see
us
as
He traverses
the vault of heaven. ’
Thick clouds are
a
covering
to
him ,
so that
he seeth
not ;
And
he walketh
on
the vault of heaven.
Will
you
stay
on
the ancient
path
that
wicked men have trod
?
Wilt
thou
keep
the old
way
Which
wicked men have trodden
?
They
were snatched away before their time, and
their
foundations
were
swept
away
by
a flood.
Who
were snatched away before their time, Whose
foundation
was
poured
out
as
a stream,
They
said to
God, ‘
Depart from us .
What can the Almighty do to
us? ’
Who
said unto
God, Depart from us ;
And,
What can the Almighty do for
us?
But
it
was
He who
filled their houses with good things ;
so
I
stay
far
from
the counsel of the wicked.
Yet
he filled their houses with good things :
But
the counsel of the wicked is
far
from
me
.
The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock
them :
The righteous see it ,
and are glad; And
the innocent laugh
them to
scorn,
‘
Surely our
foes
are destroyed
, and fire has
consumed their
excess
. ’
`Saying',
Surely they
that
did
rise
up
against
us
are cut
off
, And the
remnant
of
them
the
fire hath
consumed.
Reconcile
now and be at peace with
Him;
thereby good will
come to
you
.
Acquaint
now thyself
with
him,
and be at peace :
Thereby good shall
come unto
thee
.
Receive instruction
from His mouth, and lay up His words in your
heart.
Receive ,
I
pray
thee,
the
law
from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy
heart.
If you
return to the Almighty, you
will
be restored.
If you
remove
injustice
from your
tents
If thou
return to the Almighty, thou
shalt
be built
up,
If thou
put
away
unrighteousness
far
from thy
tents .
and consign
your
gold
to
the dust and the gold of Ophir to
the stones of the ravines,
And lay
thou
`thy'
treasure
in
the dust ,
And `
the gold of '
Ophir among
the stones of the brooks;
then
the Almighty will be your
gold
and the
finest
silver for
you
.
And
the Almighty will be thy
treasure,
And precious
silver unto
thee
.
Surely
then you
will
delight in the Almighty and lift up your
face to
God.
For
then shalt
thou
delight thyself
in the Almighty ,
And shalt
lift up thy
face unto
God.
You
will
pray
to
Him, and He will hear you,
and you
will
fulfill
your
vows.
Thou
shalt
make
thy
prayer
unto
him, and he will hear thee;
And thou
shalt
pay
thy
vows.
Your
decisions
will
be
carried
out
, and light will
shine on
your
ways.
Thou
shalt
also
decree
a
thing
, and it
shall
be
established
unto
thee;
And
light shall
shine upon
thy
ways.
When men
are
brought
low
and
you
say, ‘Lift
them
up !’
then
He will save the
lowly
.
When they
cast
`thee'
down,
thou
shalt
say, `There
is'
lifting
up ;
And
the
humble
person
he will save.
He will deliver even one
who
is not innocent, rescuing
him
through the cleanness of your
hands. ”
He will deliver `
even '
him
that
is not innocent :
Yea
, he
shall
be
delivered
through the cleanness of thy
hands.
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