Eliphaz: Can a Man Be of Use to God? 1 ULT And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 ULT “Can a man be useful to God? For the one being wise is useful to himself. BSB BSB: “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
3 ULT { Is it} pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or if{ it is} gain that you perfect your ways? BSB BSB: Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
4 ULT For your fear does he rebuke you, enter into judgment with you? BSB BSB: Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
5 ULT Is not your wickedness great? And there is no end to your iniquities! BSB BSB: Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
6 ULT For you have bound your brother{ with a pledge} without cause, and you have 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 ULT You have not quenched the weary with water, and from the hungry you have withheld bread. BSB BSB: You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
8 ULT But the man of arm, the earth{ was} to him, and the lifted of face dwelt upon it. BSB BSB: while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
9 ULT You have sent widows away empty, 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 ULT Therefore snares{ are} around you and fear suddenly terrifies you. BSB BSB: Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
11 ULT Or darkness— you cannot see! And an abundance of waters covers you. BSB BSB: it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
12 ULT Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold the head of the stars, that they are high! BSB BSB: Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 ULT But you say,‘What does God know? Will he judge through thick darkness? BSB BSB: Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
14 ULT Clouds{ are} a covering to him and he does not see; indeed, he walks around on the dome of the heavens.’ BSB BSB: Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
15 ULT Will you keep the old way that men of iniquity have walked, BSB BSB: Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
16 ULT who were carried off and{ it was} not time; their foundations were washed away by a torrent; BSB BSB: They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
17 ULT the ones saying to God,‘Turn away from us,’ and,‘What will the Almighty do to them?’ BSB BSB: They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
18 ULT Yet he filled their houses with good, so{ may} the counsel of the wicked{ be} 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 ULT The righteous see and rejoice, and the innocent scorn them. BSB BSB: The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
20 ULT ‘If our enemy is not cut off? And fire has devoured their possessions!’ BSB BSB: ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
21 ULT Reconcile now with him and be at peace; by these, good will come to you. BSB BSB: Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
22 ULT Now accept instruction from his mouth, and set his words in your heart. BSB BSB: Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
23 ULT If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you distance unrighteousness from your tent. BSB BSB: If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
24 ULT And set gold in the dust, and 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 ULT then the Almighty will be your golds and silver of heights to you. BSB BSB: then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
26 ULT For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and you will lift your face to God. BSB BSB: Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
27 ULT You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and your vows you will pay. BSB BSB: You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
28 ULT And you will decree a word and it will stand for you, and on your paths light will shine. BSB BSB: Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
29 ULT When they cast down and you say,‘Lifting up!’ then he will save the lowered of eyes. BSB BSB: When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
30 ULT He will rescue the not- innocent, indeed, he will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.” BSB BSB: He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
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