Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
Eliphaz the Temanite replied
:
And
Eliphaz the Temanite answereth
and
saith
: --
“Can
a
man
be
of
use
to God ?
Can
even
a wise man benefit
Him
?
To God is
a man
profitable,
Because
a
wise man to
himself
is
profitable
?
Does
it delight the Almighty
that you
are
righteous? Does
He
profit
if
your
ways are
blameless
?
Is
it a
delight to
the Mighty
One
That thou
art
righteous? is
it
gain,
That
thou
makest
perfect
thy
ways?
Is
it
for
your
reverence that
He rebukes
you
and
enters
into judgment against
you?
Because
of
thy
reverence Doth
He reason
`with'
thee?
He
entereth
with
thee
into judgment :
Is not your
wickedness great
? Are
not
your
iniquities endless?
Is not thy
wickedness abundant
? And
there
is
no
end
to
thine
iniquities .
For you
needlessly
demanded
security
from
your
brothers
and deprived
the naked
of their
clothing
.
For thou
takest
a
pledge
of
thy
brother
for
nought,
And the garments
of the
naked
Thou
dost
strip
off
.
You
gave
no
water
to
the weary and withheld
food
from the famished,
Thou
causest
not
the weary to
drink
water,
And from the hungry
thou
withholdest
bread.
while
the
land
belonged
to a
mighty
man, and a
man
of honor
lived
on
it.
As
to the
man of
arm
--
he
hath
the
earth
, And the
accepted
of face
--
he
dwelleth
in
it.
You
sent
widows away empty -handed
, and the strength
of the fatherless was
crushed
.
Widows thou
hast
sent
away empty, And the arms
of the fatherless are
bruised
.
Therefore snares surround
you
, and sudden
peril
terrifies
you;
Therefore round
about
thee
`are'
snares, And trouble
thee
doth
fear
suddenly.
it
is
so
dark
you
cannot
see, and a
flood
of water
covers
you
.
Or
darkness
--
thou
dost
not
see, And abundance
of waters
doth
cover
thee
.
Is not God as
high as
the
heavens
? Look
at
the highest
stars, how
lofty
they are !
Is not God high `in'
heaven
? And
see
the summit
of
the
stars, That
they are high.
Yet
you
say:
‘
What does
God know
? Does
He judge through
thick
darkness
?
And
thou
hast
said,
`
What --
hath
God known
? Through
thickness
doth
He judge?
Thick clouds veil
Him so
He does
not see us
as
He
traverses
the vault
of heaven.’
Thick clouds `are'
a
secret
place
to
Him ,
And
He doth
not see ;'
And
the circle
of the
heavens
He
walketh
habitually,
Will
you
stay
on
the ancient
path that wicked
men have trod
?
The path of
the
age
dost
thou
observe,
That men of
iniquity
have trodden
?
They
were
snatched
away
before
their
time
, and
their
foundations
were
swept
away
by
a flood.
Who
have
been
cut
down
unexpectedly
, A flood is
poured
out
on
their
foundation
.
They
said
to God, ‘Depart
from us .
What can
the Almighty
do
to us
? ’
Those
saying
to God, `Turn
aside
from us ,'
And
what doth
the Mighty
One
to them
?
But
it
was
He who
filled their houses with good things;
so
I
stay
far
from
the counsel of the wicked.
And
he hath
filled their houses `
with '
good :
(And
the counsel of the wicked Hath
been
far
from
me
. )
The righteous see
it
and are
glad;
the innocent mock
them :
See
do
the righteous and they
rejoice,
And
the innocent mocketh
at
them ,
‘
Surely our foes
are
destroyed
, and fire has
consumed their
excess
. ’
`
Surely our substance
hath
not
been
cut
off
, And their
excellency
hath
fire consumed. '
Reconcile
now
and be at peace with
Him;
thereby good will
come
to
you
.
Acquaint
thyself,
I
pray
thee,
with
Him,
And be at peace ,
Thereby thine
increase
`is'
good.
Receive instruction
from His mouth, and lay
up
His words
in your
heart.
Receive ,
I
pray
thee,
from His mouth a
law
, And set
His sayings
in thy
heart.
If you
return to
the Almighty
, you
will
be
restored.
If
you
remove
injustice
from your
tents
If thou
dost
return unto
the Mighty
Thou
art
built
up
, Thou
puttest
iniquity
far
from thy
tents .
and
consign
your
gold
to the dust and the
gold
of
Ophir
to
the
stones
of the ravines,
So
as
to set
on
the dust a
defence,
And on
a
rock
of the valleys
a
covering.
then
the
Almighty
will
be
your
gold
and the finest
silver for
you
.
And the Mighty
hath
been
thy
defence,
And
silver `is'
strength
to
thee
.
Surely
then you
will
delight
in
the Almighty
and lift up your
face
to
God .
For
then on
the Mighty
thou
delightest
thyself,
And dost
lift up unto
God thy
face,
You
will
pray
to
Him, and He will
hear you
, and you
will
fulfill
your
vows.
Thou
dost
make
supplication
unto
Him, And He doth
hear thee
, And thy
vows thou
completest
.
Your
decisions
will
be
carried
out
, and light
will
shine
on your
ways.
And
thou
decreest
a
saying
, And it
is
established
to
thee,
And
on thy
ways hath
light
shone
.
When
men
are
brought
low and you
say
, ‘
Lift them
up !’
then
He
will
save
the lowly
.
For
they
have
made
low ,
And thou
sayest
, `
Lift up .'
And
the bowed
down
of
eyes
he
saveth
.
He will
deliver
even
one
who
is
not innocent, rescuing
him
through
the cleanness of your
hands. ”
He delivereth
the
not innocent, Yea,
he
hath
been
delivered
By
the cleanness of thy
hands.
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