Eliphaz: Can a Man Be of Use to God? 1 DBY And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 DBY Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable. BSB BSB: “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
3 DBY Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect? BSB BSB: Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
4 DBY Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment? BSB BSB: Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
5 DBY Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end? BSB BSB: Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
6 DBY For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked. BSB BSB: For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
7 DBY Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. BSB BSB: You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
8 DBY But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it. BSB BSB: while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
9 DBY Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. BSB BSB: You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10 DBY Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; BSB BSB: Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
11 DBY Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee. BSB BSB: it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
12 DBY Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they! BSB BSB: Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 DBY And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud? BSB BSB: Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
14 DBY Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens. BSB BSB: Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
15 DBY Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden? BSB BSB: Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
16 DBY Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood; BSB BSB: They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
17 DBY Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? BSB BSB: They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
18 DBY Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. BSB BSB: But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
19 DBY The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn: BSB BSB: The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
20 DBY Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue? BSB BSB: ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
21 DBY Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. BSB BSB: Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
22 DBY Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. BSB BSB: Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
23 DBY If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents, BSB BSB: If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
24 DBY And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents, BSB BSB: and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
25 DBY Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee; BSB BSB: then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
26 DBY Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God: BSB BSB: Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
27 DBY Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows; BSB BSB: You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
28 DBY And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways. BSB BSB: Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
29 DBY When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes. BSB BSB: When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
30 DBY Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.BSB BSB: He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
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