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