Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him 1 DRA Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints. BSB BSB: “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 DRA Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one. BSB BSB: For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 DRA I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately. BSB BSB: I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 DRA His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them. BSB BSB: His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 DRA Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches. BSB BSB: The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 DRA Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground. BSB BSB: For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 DRA Man is born to labour and the bird to fly. BSB BSB: Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 DRA Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God: BSB BSB: However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9 DRA Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number: BSB BSB: the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 DRA Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters: BSB BSB: He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11 DRA Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn. BSB BSB: He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12 DRA Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun: BSB BSB: He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13 DRA Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked: BSB BSB: He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14 DRA They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night. BSB BSB: They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15 DRA But he shall 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 DRA And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth. BSB BSB: So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 DRA Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord: BSB BSB: Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 DRA For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal. BSB BSB: For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19 DRA In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee. BSB BSB: He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20 DRA In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, 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 DRA Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh. BSB BSB: You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22 DRA In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth. BSB BSB: You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 DRA But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence 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 DRA And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin. BSB BSB: You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25 DRA Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring 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 DRA Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season. BSB BSB: You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27 DRA Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind. BSB BSB: Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
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