Then Eliphaz
the Temanite
answered
and said,
Eliphas
Ελιφας
eliphas
Thaimanitēs
Θαιμανίτης
thaimanitēs
Can a man
be profitable
unto God,
as
he that is wise
may be profitable
unto himself?
Is it any pleasure
to the Almighty,
that thou art righteous?
or is it gain
to him, that thou makest thy ways
perfect?
Will he reprove
thee for fear
of thee? will he enter
with thee into judgment?
Is not thy wickedness
great?
and thine iniquities
infinite?
For thou hast taken a pledge
from thy brother
for nought,
and stripped
the naked
of their clothing.
Thou hast not given water
to the weary
to drink,
and thou hast withholden
bread
from the hungry.
But as for the mighty
man,
he had the earth;
and the honourable man
dwelt
in it.
Thou hast sent
widows
away empty,
and the arms
of the fatherless
have been broken.
Therefore snares
are round about
thee, and sudden
fear
troubleth
thee;
Or darkness,
that thou canst not see;
and abundance
of waters
cover
thee.
Is not God
in the height
of heaven?
and behold
the height
of the stars,
how high
they are!
And thou sayest,
How doth God
know?
can he judge
through the dark cloud?
Thick clouds
are a covering
to him, that he seeth
not; and he walketh
in the circuit
of heaven.
Hast thou marked
the old
way
which wicked
men
have trodden?
Which were cut down
out of time,
whose foundation
was overflown
with a flood:
Which said
unto God,
Depart
from us: and what can the Almighty
do
for them?
Yet he filled
their houses
with good
things: but the counsel
of the wicked
is far
from me.
The righteous
see
it, and are glad:
and the innocent
laugh them to scorn.
Whereas
our substance
is not cut down,
but the remnant
of them the fire
consumeth.
Acquaint
now thyself with him, and be at peace:
thereby good
shall come
unto thee.
Receive,
I pray thee, the law
from his mouth,
and lay up
his words
in thine heart.
If thou return
to the Almighty,
thou shalt be built up,
thou shalt put away
iniquity
far
from thy tabernacles.
Then shalt thou lay up
gold
as
dust,
and the gold of Ophir
as the stones
of the brooks.
Yea, the Almighty
shall be thy defence,
and thou shalt have plenty
of silver.
For then shalt thou have thy delight
in the Almighty,
and shalt lift up
thy face
unto God.
Thou shalt make thy prayer
unto him, and he shall hear
thee, and thou shalt pay
thy vows.
Thou shalt also decree
a thing,
and it shall be established
unto thee: and the light
shall shine
upon thy ways.
way of living
δίαιταν
diaitan
When men are cast down,
then thou shalt say,
There is lifting up;
and he shall save
the humble
person.
He shall deliver
the island
of the innocent:
and it is delivered
by the pureness
of thine hands.
