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Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job | ||||
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| 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded, | 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, | 1 Then Eliphaz from Teman replied [to Job], | 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, | 1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, | 2 "Can a vigorous man be of use to God, Or a wise man be useful to himself? | 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? | 2 "Can a human be of any use to God when even a wise person is only useful to himself? | 2 "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. | 2 Can a man be profitable to �God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable. | 3 "Is there any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, Or profit if you make your ways perfect? | 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? | 3 Is the Almighty pleased when you are righteous? Does he gain anything when you follow the path of integrity? | 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect? | 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect? | 4 "Is it because of your reverence that He reproves you, That He enters into judgment against you? | 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? | 4 Does God correct you and bring you into a court of law because you fear him? | 4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment? | 4 Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment? | 5 "Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquities without end? | 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? | 5 "Aren't you really very wicked? Is there no end to your wrongdoing? | 5 Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities. | 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 "For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped men naked. | 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. | 6 For no reason you take your brothers' goods as security for a loan and strip them of their clothes. | 6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. | 6 For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked. | 7 "To the weary you have given no water to drink, And from the hungry you have withheld bread. | 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. | 7 You don't even give a tired person a drink of water, and you take food away from hungry people. | 7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. | 7 Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. | 8 "But the earth belongs to the mighty man, And the honorable man dwells in it. | 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. | 8 A strong person owns the land. A privileged person lives in it. | 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it. | 8 But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it. | 9 "You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the orphans has been crushed. | 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. | 9 You send widows away empty-handed, and the arms of orphans are broken. | 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. | 9 Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. | 10 "Therefore snares surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you, | 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; | 10 That is why traps are all around you and great fear suddenly grips you. | 10 Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you, | 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And an abundance of water covers you. | 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. | 11 [That is why] darkness surrounds you and you cannot see and a flood of water covers you. | 11 or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you. | 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee. | 12 "Is not God in the height of heaven? Look also at the distant stars, how high they are! | 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! | 12 "Isn't God high above in the heavens? Look how high the highest stars are! | 12 "Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are! | 12 Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they! | 13 "You say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness? | 13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? | 13 You ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge [anything] from behind a dark cloud? | 13 You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? | 13 And thou sayest, What doth �God know? will he judge through the dark cloud? | 14 'Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.' | 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. | 14 Thick clouds surround him so that he cannot see. He walks above the clouds.' | 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.' | 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens. | 15 "Will you keep to the ancient path Which wicked men have trod, | 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? | 15 "Are you following the old path that wicked people have taken? | 15 Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden, | 15 Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river? | 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: | 16 They are snatched up before their time. A river washes their foundation away. | 16 who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream, | 16 Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood; | 17 "They said to God, 'Depart from us!' And 'What can the Almighty do to them?' | 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? | 17 They told God, 'Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do for us?' | 17 who said to God, 'Depart from us;' and, 'What can the Almighty do for us?' | 17 Who said unto �God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? | 18 "Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | 18 Yet, he filled their homes with good things. (The plan of the wicked is foreign to my way of thinking.) | 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | 18 Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | 19 "The righteous see and are glad, And the innocent mock them, | 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. | 19 The righteous saw it and were glad, and the innocent made fun of them by saying, | 19 The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them, | 19 The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn: | 20 Saying, 'Truly our adversaries are cut off, And their abundance the fire has consumed.' | 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. | 20 'Indeed, their wealth has been wiped out, and a fire has burned up what [little] they had left.' | 20 saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.' | 20 Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 "Yield now and be at peace with Him; Thereby good will come to you. | 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. | 21 "Be in harmony and at peace with God. In this way you will have prosperity. | 21 "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you. | 21 Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. | 22 "Please receive instruction from His mouth And establish His words in your heart. | 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. | 22 Accept instruction from his mouth, and keep his words in your heart. | 22 Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. | 22 Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. | 23 "If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent, | 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. | 23 If you return to the Almighty, you will prosper. If you put wrongdoing out of your tent, | 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents. | 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents, | 24 And place your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks, | 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. | 24 and lay your gold down in the dust, and put your gold from Ophir among the pebbles in the rivers, | 24 Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks. | 24 And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents, | 25 Then the Almighty will be your gold And choice silver to you. | 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. | 25 then the Almighty will become your gold and your large supply of silver. | 25 The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you. | 25 Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee; | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 26 "For then you will delight in the Almighty And lift up your face to God. | 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. | 26 Then you will be happy with the Almighty and look up toward God. | 26 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God. | 26 Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God: | 27 "You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; And you will pay your vows. | 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. | 27 You will pray to him, and he will listen to you, and you will keep your vow to him. | 27 You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows. | 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows; | 28 "You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways. | 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. | 28 When you promise to do something, you will succeed, and light will shine on your path. | 28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways. | 28 And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways. | 29 "When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence, And the humble person He will save. | 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. | 29 When others are discouraged, you will say, 'Cheer up!' Then he will save the humble person. | 29 When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' He will save the humble person. | 29 When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes. | 30 "He will deliver one who is not innocent, And he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." | 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. | 30 He will rescue one who is not innocent. That person will be rescued by your purity." Where Can I Find God? | 30 He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." | 30 Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands. |
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