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1 And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat? “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? “Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee. Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good? Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
4 As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God. But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God. But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers. For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee. Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you. Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills ? “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills? “Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee? Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself? Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not? What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us? What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers. Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father. The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this. Are the comforts of God too small for you, or the word that deals gently with you? Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things ? Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash, Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth ? that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth? so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just? What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous? “What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
15 Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight. Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight; If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
16 How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water? how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks injustice like water! how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!
17 I will shew thee, hear me : and I mill tell thee what I have seen. “I will show you; hear me, and what I have seen I will declare “Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
18 Wise men confess and hide not their fathers. (what wise men have told, without hiding it from their fathers, what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors
19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them. to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them). (to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them):
20 The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain. The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless. All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.
21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason. Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him. Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side. He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is marked for the sword. He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword.
23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand; He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
24 Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle. distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle. Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty. Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty, because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck. running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield; defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
27 Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides. because he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his waist “Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps. and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, which were ready to become heaps of ruins; he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
29 He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth. he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the earth; He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month. he will not depart from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and by the breath of his mouth he will depart. He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
31 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price. Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment. Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
32 Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away. It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green. Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish.
33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower. He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine, and cast off his blossom like the olive tree. He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes. For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery. For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil, and their womb prepares deceit.” They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”
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