Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him 1 CPDV Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints. BSB BSB: “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 CPDV Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty. BSB BSB: For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 CPDV I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation. BSB BSB: I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 CPDV His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them. BSB BSB: His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 CPDV Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources. BSB BSB: The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 CPDV Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth. BSB BSB: For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 CPDV Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly. BSB BSB: Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 CPDV Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God. BSB BSB: However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9 CPDV He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number. BSB BSB: the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 CPDV He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters. BSB BSB: He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11 CPDV He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health. BSB BSB: He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12 CPDV He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun. BSB BSB: He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13 CPDV He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse. BSB BSB: He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14 CPDV They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just as in the night. BSB BSB: They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15 CPDV Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent. BSB BSB: He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 CPDV And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech. BSB BSB: So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 CPDV Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord. BSB BSB: Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 CPDV For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal. BSB BSB: For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19 CPDV He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you. BSB BSB: He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20 CPDV During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword. BSB BSB: In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 CPDV You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives. BSB BSB: You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22 CPDV In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth. BSB BSB: You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 CPDV For you are in harmony with the stones of the land, and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you. 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 CPDV And you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin. BSB BSB: You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25 CPDV Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth. BSB BSB: You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 CPDV You will enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time. BSB BSB: You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27 CPDV Behold, this is just as we have found it, which you have heard; walk it through your mind. BSB BSB: Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
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