• Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job

  • 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
  • 2 “Can a strong man be of use to God, Or a wise one be useful to himself?
  • 3 “Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, Or gain if you make your ways blameless?
  • 4 “Is it because of your reverence that He punishes you, That He enters into judgment against you?
  • 5 “Is your wickedness not abundant, And is there no end to your guilty deeds?
  • 6 “For you have seized pledges from your brothers without cause, And stripped people naked.
  • 7 “You have given the weary no water to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
  • 8 “But the earth belongs to the powerful man, And the one who is honorable dwells on it.
  • 9 “You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of orphans has been crushed.
  • 10 “Therefore traps surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you,
  • 11 Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And a flood of water covers you.
  • 12 “Is God not in the height of heaven? Look also at the highest stars, how high they are!
  • 13 “But you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness?
  • 14 ‘Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.’
  • 15 “Will you keep to the ancient path Which wicked people have walked,
  • 16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river?
  • 17 “They said to God, ‘Go away from us!’ And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’
  • 18 “Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the advice of the wicked is far from me.
  • 19 “The righteous see and are glad, And the innocent mock them, saying,
  • 20 ‘Truly our enemies are eliminated, And fire has consumed their abundance.’
  • 21 “Be reconciled with Him, and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you.
  • 22 “Please receive instruction from His mouth, And put His words in your heart.
  • 23 “If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove injustice far from your tent,
  • 24 And put your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
  • 25 Then the Almighty will be your gold And abundant silver to you.
  • 26 “For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty And lift up your face to God.
  • 27 “You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; And you will pay your vows.
  • 28 “You will also decide something, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways.
  • 29 “When they have brought you low, you will speak with confidence, And He will save the humble person.
  • 30 “He will rescue one who is not innocent, And he will be rescued due to the cleanness of your hands.”