1 GLT Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 GLT “Can a man be useful to God? Can a wise man be useful to him? BSB BSB: “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
3 GLT Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? BSB BSB: Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
4 GLT Is it because of your reverence for him that he rebukes you and takes you to judgment? BSB BSB: Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
5 GLT Is not your wickedness great? Is there no end to your iniquities? BSB BSB: Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
6 GLT For you have demanded guarantee of a loan from your brother for no reason, and you have stripped away clothing from the naked. BSB BSB: For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
7 GLT You have not given water to weary people to drink; you have withheld bread from hungry people BSB BSB: You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
8 GLT although you, a mighty man, possessed the earth, although you, an honored man, lived in it. BSB BSB: while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
9 GLT You have sent widows away empty; 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 GLT Therefore, snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you. BSB BSB: Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
11 GLT There is darkness, so that you cannot see; an abundance of waters covers you. BSB BSB: it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
12 GLT Is not God in the heights of heaven? Look at the height of the stars, how high they are! BSB BSB: Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 GLT You say,‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? BSB BSB: Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
14 GLT Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see us; he walks on the vault of heaven.’ BSB BSB: Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
15 GLT Will you keep the old way that wicked men have walked— BSB BSB: Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
16 GLT those who were snatched away before their time, those whose foundations have washed away like a river, BSB BSB: They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
17 GLT those who said to God,‘Depart from us’; those who said,‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ BSB BSB: They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
18 GLT Yet he filled their houses with good things; the plans of wicked people are 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 GLT Righteous people see their fate and are glad; innocent people laugh them to scorn. BSB BSB: The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
20 GLT They say,‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off; fire has consumed their possessions.’ BSB BSB: ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
21 GLT Now agree with God and be at peace with him; in that way, good will come to you. BSB BSB: Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
22 GLT Receive, I beg you, instruction from his mouth; store up his words in your heart. BSB BSB: Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
23 GLT If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put unrighteousness far away from your tents. BSB BSB: If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
24 GLT Lay your treasure down in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks, BSB BSB: and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
25 GLT and the Almighty will be your treasure, precious silver to you. BSB BSB: then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
26 GLT For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty; you will lift up your face to God. BSB BSB: Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
27 GLT You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; you will pay your vows to him. BSB BSB: You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
28 GLT You will also decree anything, and it will be confirmed for you; light will shine on your paths. BSB BSB: Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
29 GLT God humbles a proud man, and he saves the one with lowered eyes. BSB BSB: When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
30 GLT He will rescue even the man who is not innocent; who 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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