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Eliphaz: Job Has Sinned
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Eliphaz’s First Response to Job
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:
“If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?
“Will you be patient and let me say a word?
For who could keep from speaking out?
For who could keep from speaking out?
Surely you have instructed many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
And you have strengthened weak hands.
“In the past you have encouraged many people;
you have strengthened those who were weak.
you have strengthened those who were weak.
Your words have supported those who were falling;
you encouraged those with shaky knees.
you encouraged those with shaky knees.
But now it comes upon you, and you are weary;
It touches you, and you are troubled.
It touches you, and you are troubled.
But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart.
You are terrified when it touches you.
You are terrified when it touches you.
Is not your reverence your confidence?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
Doesn’t your reverence for God give you confidence?
Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope?
Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright ever cut off?
Or where were the upright ever cut off?
“Stop and think! Do the innocent die?
When have the upright been destroyed?
When have the upright been destroyed?
Even as I have seen,
Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble reap the same.
Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble reap the same.
My experience shows that those who plant trouble
and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
By the blast of God they perish,
And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.
And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.
A breath from God destroys them.
They vanish in a blast of his anger.
They vanish in a blast of his anger.
The roaring of the lion,
The voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
The voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
The lion roars and the wildcat snarls,
but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.
but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.
The old lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.
and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.
“Now a word was secretly brought to me,
And my ear received a whisper of it.
And my ear received a whisper of it.
“This truth was given to me in secret,
as though whispered in my ear.
as though whispered in my ear.
In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
When deep sleep falls on men,
It came to me in a disturbing vision at night,
when people are in a deep sleep.
when people are in a deep sleep.
Fear came upon me, and trembling,
Which made all my bones shake.
Which made all my bones shake.
Fear gripped me,
and my bones trembled.
and my bones trembled.
Then a spirit passed before my face;
The hair on my body stood up.
The hair on my body stood up.
It stood still,
But I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence;
Then I heard a voice saying:
But I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence;
Then I heard a voice saying:
The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape.
There was a form before my eyes.
In the silence I heard a voice say,
There was a form before my eyes.
In the silence I heard a voice say,
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
‘Can a mortal be innocent before God?
Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’
Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’
If He puts no trust in His servants,
If He charges His angels with error,
If He charges His angels with error,
“If God does not trust his own angels
and has charged his messengers with foolishness,
and has charged his messengers with foolishness,
How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?
how much less will he trust people made of clay!
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.
They are broken in pieces from morning till evening;
They perish forever, with no one regarding.
They perish forever, with no one regarding.
They are alive in the morning but dead by evening,
gone forever without a trace.
gone forever without a trace.