Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper 1 Brenton Then Eliphaz the Thæmanite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Brenton Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words? BSB BSB: “If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 Brenton For whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one, BSB BSB: Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
4 Brenton and hast supported the failing with words, and hast imparted courage to feeble knees. BSB BSB: Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
5 Brenton Yet now that pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled. BSB BSB: But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
6 Brenton Is not thy fear founded in folly, thy hope also, and the mischief of thy way? BSB BSB: Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
7 Brenton Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed? BSB BSB: Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
8 Brenton Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves. BSB BSB: As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
9 Brenton They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath. BSB BSB: By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
10 Brenton The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched. BSB BSB: The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 Brenton The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another. BSB BSB: The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 Brenton But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him? BSB BSB: Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
13 Brenton But as when terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night, BSB BSB: In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14 Brenton horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake. BSB BSB: fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
15 Brenton And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered. BSB BSB: Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
16 Brenton I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, saying , BSB BSB: It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
17 Brenton What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works? BSB BSB: ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
18 Brenton Whereas he trusts not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels. BSB BSB: If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
19 Brenton But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth. BSB BSB: how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
20 Brenton And from morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves. BSB BSB: They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
21 Brenton For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom. BSB BSB: Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
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