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Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Eliphaz
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?
But who can keep from speaking?
Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have made firm the feeble knees.
and you have made firm the feeble knees.
Your words have supported those who stumbled;
you have strengthened faltering knees.
you have strengthened faltering knees.
But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
it touches you, and you are dismayed.
it touches you, and you are dismayed.
But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;
it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
Should not your piety be your confidence
and your blameless ways your hope?
and your blameless ways your hope?
“Remember: who that was innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright cut off?
Or where were the upright cut off?
“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?
Where were the upright ever destroyed?
Where were the upright ever destroyed?
As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.
and sow trouble reap the same.
As I have observed, those who plow evil
and those who sow trouble reap it.
and those who sow trouble reap it.
By the breath of God they perish,
and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
At the breath of God they perish;
at the blast of his anger they are no more.
at the blast of his anger they are no more.
The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion,
the teeth of the young lions are broken.
the teeth of the young lions are broken.
The lions may roar and growl,
yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
The lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
“Now a word was brought to me stealthily;
my ear received the whisper of it.
my ear received the whisper of it.
“A word was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper of it.
my ears caught a whisper of it.
Amid thoughts from visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
when deep sleep falls on men,
Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,
when deep sleep falls on people,
dread came upon me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
which made all my bones shake.
fear and trembling seized me
and made all my bones shake.
and made all my bones shake.
A spirit glided past my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up.
the hair of my flesh stood up.
A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body stood on end.
and the hair on my body stood on end.
It stood still,
but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, then I heard a voice:
but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, then I heard a voice:
It stopped,
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
Even in his servants he puts no trust,
and his angels he charges with error;
and his angels he charges with error;
If God places no trust in his servants,
if he charges his angels with error,
if he charges his angels with error,
how much more those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundations are in the dust,
who are crushed more readily than a moth!
whose foundations are in the dust,
who are crushed more readily than a moth!
Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish forever.
unnoticed, they perish forever.