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1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2"Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person benefit him?

2Can a man be of any use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to Him?

3What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?

3Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous? Does He profit if you perfect your behavior?

4"Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?

4Does He correct you and take you to court because of your piety?

5Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?

5Isn't your wickedness abundant and aren't your iniquities endless?

6You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.

6For you took collateral from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.

7You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,

7You gave no water to the thirsty and withheld food from the famished,

8though you were a powerful man, owning land-- an honored man, living on it.

8while the land belonged to a powerful man and an influential man lived on it.

9And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.

9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

10That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,

10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden dread terrifies you,

11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

11or darkness, so you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

12"Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!

12Isn't God as high as the heavens? And look at the highest stars--how lofty they are!

13Yet you say, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?

13Yet you say: "What does God know? Can He judge through thick darkness?

14Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.'

14Clouds veil Him so that He cannot see, as He walks on the circle of the sky."

15Will you keep to the old path that the wicked have trod?

15Will you continue on the ancient path that wicked men have walked?

16They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.

16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were washed away by a river.

17They said to God, 'Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?'

17They were the ones who said to God, "Leave us alone!" and "What can the Almighty do to us?"

18Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.

18But it was He who filled their houses with good things. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

19The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,

19The righteous see this and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,

20Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire devours their wealth.'

20"Surely our opponents are destroyed, and fire has consumed what they left behind."

21"Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.

21Come to terms with God and be at peace; in this way good will come to you.

22Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.

22Receive instruction from His mouth, and place His sayings in your heart.

23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent

23If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent

24and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,

24and consign your gold to the dust, the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,

25then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.

25the Almighty will be your gold and your finest silver.

26Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.

26Then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

27You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

28What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

28When you make a decision, it will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

29When people are brought low and you say, 'Lift them up!' then he will save the downcast.

29When others are humiliated and you say, "Lift them up," God will save the humble.

30He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."

30He will even rescue the guilty one, who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.

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