Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper 1 DBY And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 DBY If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking? BSB BSB: “If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 DBY Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands; BSB BSB: Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
4 DBY Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees: BSB BSB: Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
5 DBY But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. BSB BSB: But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
6 DBY Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope? BSB BSB: Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
7 DBY Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off? BSB BSB: Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
8 DBY Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same. BSB BSB: As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
9 DBY By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed. BSB BSB: By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
10 DBY The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken; BSB BSB: The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 DBY The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered. BSB BSB: The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 DBY Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof. BSB BSB: Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
13 DBY In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: — BSB BSB: In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14 DBY Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake; BSB BSB: fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
15 DBY And a spirit passed before my face — the hair of my flesh stood up — BSB BSB: Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
16 DBY It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice: 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 DBY Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker? BSB BSB: ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
18 DBY Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly: BSB BSB: If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
19 DBY How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the 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 DBY From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever. BSB BSB: They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
21 DBY Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom. BSB BSB: Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
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