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Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
Eliphaz
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
And fill himself with the east wind?
And fill himself with the east wind?
“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
“Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?
Or with words which are not profitable?
Would they argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?
with speeches that have no value?
“Indeed, you do away with reverence
And hinder meditation before God.
And hinder meditation before God.
But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.
and hinder devotion to God.
“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of the crafty.
And you choose the language of the crafty.
Your sin prompts your mouth;
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.
And your own lips testify against you.
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.
your own lips testify against you.
“Were you the first man to be born,
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
“Are you the first man ever born?
Were you brought forth before the hills?
Were you brought forth before the hills?
“Do you hear the secret counsel of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?
And limit wisdom to yourself?
Do you listen in on God’s council?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
“What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that we do not?
What do you understand that we do not?
What do you know that we do not know?
What insights do you have that we do not have?
What insights do you have that we do not have?
“Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.
Older than your father.
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,
men even older than your father.
men even older than your father.
“Are the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the word spoken gently with you?
Even the word spoken gently with you?
Are God’s consolations not enough for you,
words spoken gently to you?
words spoken gently to you?
“Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,
And why do your eyes flash,
Why has your heart carried you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
and why do your eyes flash,
That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
so that you vent your rage against God
and pour out such words from your mouth?
and pour out such words from your mouth?
“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
“What are mortals, that they could be pure,
or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
“Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
If God places no trust in his holy ones,
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,
who drink up evil like water!
who drink up evil like water!
What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life
“I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;
“Listen to me and I will explain to you;
let me tell you what I have seen,
let me tell you what I have seen,
What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from their fathers,
And have not concealed from their fathers,
what the wise have declared,
hiding nothing received from their ancestors
hiding nothing received from their ancestors
To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them.
And no alien passed among them.
(to whom alone the land was given
when no foreigners moved among them):
when no foreigners moved among them):
“The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
All his days the wicked man suffers torment,
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.
“Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
Terrifying sounds fill his ears;
when all seems well, marauders attack him.
when all seems well, marauders attack him.
“He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
And he is destined for the sword.
And he is destined for the sword.
He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;
he is marked for the sword.
he is marked for the sword.
“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
He wanders about for food like a vulture;
he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
“Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
Distress and anguish fill him with terror;
troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
because he shakes his fist at God
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
“He rushes headlong at Him
With his massive shield.
With his massive shield.
defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield.
with a thick, strong shield.
“For he has covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
“Though his face is covered with fat
and his waist bulges with flesh,
and his waist bulges with flesh,
“He has lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.
he will inhabit ruined towns
and houses where no one lives,
houses crumbling to rubble.
and houses where no one lives,
houses crumbling to rubble.
“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,
nor will his possessions spread over the land.
nor will his possessions spread over the land.
“He will not escape from darkness;
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
He will not escape the darkness;
a flame will wither his shoots,
and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
a flame will wither his shoots,
and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his reward.
For emptiness will be his reward.
Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless,
for he will get nothing in return.
for he will get nothing in return.
“It will be accomplished before his time,
And his palm branch will not be green.
And his palm branch will not be green.
Before his time he will wither,
and his branches will not flourish.
and his branches will not flourish.
“He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,
like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
“For the company of the godless is barren,
And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
For the company of the godless will be barren,
and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.