Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him 1 WBS Call now, if there is any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? BSB BSB: “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 WBS For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. BSB BSB: For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 WBS I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. BSB BSB: I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 WBS His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them . BSB BSB: His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 WBS Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. BSB BSB: The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 WBS Although affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; BSB BSB: For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 WBS Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward. BSB BSB: Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 WBS I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause: BSB BSB: However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9 WBS Who doeth great things and unsearchable; wonderful things without number: BSB BSB: the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 WBS Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: BSB BSB: He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11 WBS To set on high those that are low: that those who mourn may be exalted to safety. BSB BSB: He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12 WBS He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. BSB BSB: He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13 WBS He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. BSB BSB: He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14 WBS They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope in the noon-day as in the night. BSB BSB: They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15 WBS But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. BSB BSB: He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 WBS So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. BSB BSB: So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 WBS Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: BSB BSB: Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 WBS For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. BSB BSB: For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19 WBS He will deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. BSB BSB: He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20 WBS In famine he will redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. BSB BSB: In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 WBS Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. BSB BSB: You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22 WBS At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou 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 WBS For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace 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 WBS And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle will be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. BSB BSB: You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25 WBS Thou shalt know also that thy seed will be great, and thy offspring as 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 WBS Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, as a shock of corn cometh in in its season. BSB BSB: You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27 WBS Lo this, we have searched it, so it is ; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. BSB BSB: Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
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