Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him 1 Brenton But call, if any one will hearken to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels. BSB BSB: “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Brenton For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray. BSB BSB: For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 Brenton And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured. BSB BSB: I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 Brenton Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer. BSB BSB: His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 Brenton For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted. BSB BSB: The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 Brenton For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains: BSB BSB: For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 Brenton yet man is born to labour, and even so the vulture's young seek the high places. BSB BSB: Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 Brenton Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all; BSB BSB: However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9 Brenton who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number: BSB BSB: the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 Brenton who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth: BSB BSB: He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11 Brenton who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost: BSB BSB: He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12 Brenton frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth: BSB BSB: He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13 Brenton who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty. BSB BSB: He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14 Brenton In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night: BSB BSB: They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15 Brenton and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty. BSB BSB: He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 Brenton And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped. BSB BSB: So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Brenton But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty. BSB BSB: Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 Brenton For he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: he smites, and his hands heal. BSB BSB: For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19 Brenton Six times he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee. BSB BSB: He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20 Brenton In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword. BSB BSB: In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 Brenton He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils. BSB BSB: You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22 Brenton Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts. BSB BSB: You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 Brenton For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. BSB BSB: For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 Brenton Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, and the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail. BSB BSB: You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25 Brenton And thou shalt know that thy seed shall be abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field. BSB BSB: You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 Brenton And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time. BSB BSB: You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27 Brenton Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything wrong . BSB BSB: Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
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