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Eliphaz: the Innocent Prosper
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have made firm the feeble knees.
and you have made firm the feeble knees.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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.
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
“Remember: who that was innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright cut off?
Or where were the upright cut off?
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.
and sow trouble reap the same.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
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.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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 old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
“Now a word was brought to me stealthily;
my ear received the whisper of it.
my ear received the whisper of it.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Amid thoughts from visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
when deep sleep falls on men,
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
dread came upon me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
which made all my bones shake.
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
A spirit glided past my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up.
the hair of my flesh stood up.
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
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:
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
Even in his servants he puts no trust,
and his angels he charges with error;
and his angels he charges with error;
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.