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Eyov [Job] - Job
¶Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
¶Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
- “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge,
- and fill himself with the east wind?
- “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge,
- and fill himself with the east wind?
- Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
- or with speeches with which he can do no good?
- Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
- or with speeches with which he can do no good?
- Yes, you do away with fear,
- and hinder devotion before God.
- Yes, you do away with fear,
- and hinder devotion before God.
- For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
- and you choose the language of the crafty.
- For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
- and you choose the language of the crafty.
- Your own mouth condemns you, and not I.
- Yes, your own lips testify against you.
- Your own mouth condemns you, and not I.
- Yes, your own lips testify against you.
- “Are you the first man who was born?
- Or were you brought forth before the hills?
- “Are you the first man who was born?
- Or were you brought forth before the hills?
- Have you heard the secret counsel of God?
- Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
- Have you heard the secret counsel of God?
- Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
- What do you know, that we don’t know?
- What do you understand, which is not in us?
- What do you know, that we don’t know?
- What do you understand, which is not in us?
- With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men,
- much elder than your father.
- With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men,
- much elder than your father.
- Are the consolations of God too small for you,
- even the word that is gentle toward you?
- Are the consolations of God too small for you,
- even the word that is gentle toward you?
- Why does your heart carry you away?
- Why do your eyes flash,
- Why does your heart carry you away?
- Why do your eyes flash,
- That you turn your spirit against God,
- and let such words go out of your mouth?
- That you turn your spirit against God,
- and let such words go out of your mouth?
- What is man, that he should be clean?
- What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- What is man, that he should be clean?
- What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Ketib: בקדשו ⬪ Qere: בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו
- Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones.
- Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
- Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones.
- Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
- how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
- a man who drinks iniquity like water!
- how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
- a man who drinks iniquity like water!
- “I will show you, listen to me;
- that which I have seen I will declare:
- “I will show you, listen to me;
- that which I have seen I will declare:
- (Which wise men have told by their fathers,
- and have not hidden it;
- (Which wise men have told by their fathers,
- and have not hidden it;
- to whom alone the land was given,
- and no stranger passed among them):
- to whom alone the land was given,
- and no stranger passed among them):
- the wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
- even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
- the wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
- even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
- A sound of terrors is in his ears.
- In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
- A sound of terrors is in his ears.
- In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
Ketib: וצפו ⬪ Qere: וְצָפ֖וּי
- He doesn’t believe that he shall return out of darkness.
- He is waited for by the sword.
- He doesn’t believe that he shall return out of darkness.
- He is waited for by the sword.
- He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
- He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
- He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- Distress and anguish make him afraid.
- They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
- Distress and anguish make him afraid.
- They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
- Because he has stretched out his hand against God,
- and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;
- Because he has stretched out his hand against God,
- and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;
- he runs at him with a stiff neck,
- with the thick shields of his bucklers;
- he runs at him with a stiff neck,
- with the thick shields of his bucklers;
- because he has covered his face with his fatness,
- and gathered fat on his thighs.
- because he has covered his face with his fatness,
- and gathered fat on his thighs.
- He has lived in desolate cities,
- in houses which no one inhabited,
- which were ready to become heaps.
- He has lived in desolate cities,
- in houses which no one inhabited,
- which were ready to become heaps.
- He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
- neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
- He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
- neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
- He shall not depart out of darkness.
- The flame shall dry up his branches.
- By the breath of God’s mouth shall he go away.
- He shall not depart out of darkness.
- The flame shall dry up his branches.
- By the breath of God’s mouth shall he go away.
Ketib: בשו ⬪ Qere: בַּשָּׁ֣יו
- Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
- for emptiness shall be his reward.
- Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
- for emptiness shall be his reward.
- It shall be accomplished before his time.
- His branch shall not be green.
- It shall be accomplished before his time.
- His branch shall not be green.
- He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine,
- and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
- He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine,
- and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
- For the company of the godless shall be barren,
- and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
- For the company of the godless shall be barren,
- and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
- They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Their heart prepares deceit.”
- They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Their heart prepares deceit.”
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