Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
Eliphaz the Temanite answereth
and saith:
--
Then
Eliphaz the Temanite answered
and said,
To
God
is
a man profitable, Because
a
wise
man
to
himself
is profitable?
Can
a man be
profitable unto
God
, as
he
that
is wise
may
be
profitable unto
himself
?
Is it a
delight
to the Mighty
One
That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect
thy ways?
Is it any
pleasure
to the Almighty,
that thou art righteous? or
is it gain to
him
, that thou makest thy ways perfect
?
Because
of
thy
reverence
Doth
He reason
`with'
thee? He entereth
with thee into judgment :
Will
he reprove
thee for
fear
of
thee
? will
he enter
with thee into judgment ?
Is not thy wickedness abundant
? And there
is
no
end
to
thine iniquities .
Is not thy wickedness great
? and thine iniquities infinite?
For thou takest
a pledge of
thy brother for nought, And the
garments
of
the naked Thou
dost
strip
off
.
For thou hast
taken
a pledge from
thy brother for nought, and stripped
the naked of
their
clothing
.
Thou causest
not the weary to drink water
, And from the hungry thou
withholdest
bread
.
Thou hast
not given
water
to
the weary to drink, and thou
hast
withholden
bread
from the hungry.
As to
the man of
arm
--
he hath
the earth ,
And the accepted
of
face
--
he
dwelleth
in it.
But
as for
the mighty
man ,
he had
the earth ;
and the honourable
man
dwelt
in it.
Widows
thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are
bruised
.
Thou hast sent widows
away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have
been
broken
.
Therefore round about thee `are'
snares
, And trouble
thee
doth
fear suddenly.
Therefore snares
are
round about thee, and sudden
fear troubleth
thee;
Or darkness --
thou dost
not see ,
And abundance of waters doth
cover thee.
Or darkness ,
that
thou canst
not see ;
and abundance of waters cover thee.
Is not God high
`
in '
heaven? And see
the summit
of the stars, That
they are high.
Is not God in the
height
of
heaven? and behold
the height
of the stars, how
high
they are !
And thou hast
said
, `What
--
hath
God known
? Through
thickness
doth
He judge?
And thou sayest
, How
doth
God know
? can
he judge through
the
dark
cloud
?
Thick clouds `
are '
a secret
place
to Him, And
He doth
not see
; '
And the
circle
of
the
heavens
He walketh habitually,
Thick clouds are a covering
to him, that
he seeth
not; and he walketh in
the
circuit
of
heaven.
The
path
of
the
age
dost
thou observe,
That
men of
iniquity
have trodden?
Hast
thou marked
the
old
way
which
wicked
men have trodden?
Who
have
been
cut down unexpectedly
, A flood is
poured
out
on
their
foundation.
Which
were
cut down out
of
time
, whose
foundation
was
overflown
with
a flood :
Those
saying
to
God, `Turn
aside
from us ,'
And what doth
the Mighty
One
to
them?
Which
said
unto
God, Depart
from us :
and what can
the Almighty
do
for
them?
And
he hath
filled their houses `
with '
good: (And
the counsel of the wicked Hath
been
far from me. )
Yet
he filled their houses with good things
: but
the counsel of the wicked is
far from me.
See
do
the righteous and
they
rejoice
, And the innocent mocketh
at
them ,
The righteous see
it
, and are
glad:
and
the innocent laugh
them to
scorn.
`Surely
our substance hath
not been
cut off
, And
their
excellency
hath
fire consumed
. '
Whereas
our substance is
not cut down
, but
the
remnant
of
them
the
fire consumeth
.
Acquaint thyself ,
I
pray
thee,
with Him, And be at peace ,
Thereby thine
increase
`is'
good.
Acquaint now
thyself with him, and be at peace :
thereby good shall
come
unto
thee
.
Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a
law
, And set
His sayings
in thy
heart.
Receive, I pray thee, the
law
from his mouth, and lay
up
his words
in thine
heart.
If thou dost
return unto
the Mighty
Thou art
built up, Thou puttest
iniquity far from thy tents
.
If thou return to
the Almighty,
thou shalt
be
built up, thou shalt
put
away
iniquity far from thy tabernacles
.
So
as to
set
on
the
dust a
defence
, And on
a
rock
of the valleys
a
covering
.
Then
shalt
thou
lay
up
gold
as dust, and the
gold
of Ophir
as
the stones
of
the
brooks
.
And
the Mighty
hath
been
thy defence, And silver `is'
strength
to
thee
.
Yea,
the Almighty
shall
be
thy defence, and thou
shalt
have
plenty
of
silver.
For then on
the
Mighty
thou delightest
thyself
, And dost
lift up unto
God
thy face ,
For then shalt
thou have
thy
delight
in
the
Almighty
, and shalt
lift up thy face unto
God.
Thou dost
make supplication
unto Him, And He doth
hear thee, And thy vows thou
completest
.
Thou shalt
make thy
prayer
unto him, and he shall
hear thee, and thou
shalt
pay
thy vows.
And
thou decreest
a saying
, And it is
established to
thee ,
And on
thy ways hath
light
shone
.
Thou shalt
also
decree
a thing
, and it shall
be
established unto
thee :
and the
light
shall
shine
upon
thy ways.
For
they
have
made
low
, And
thou sayest
, `Lift
up .'
And the
bowed
down
of
eyes
he saveth
.
When
men
are
cast
down
, then
thou shalt
say
, There
is
lifting
up ;
and he shall
save
the
humble
person
.
He delivereth
the not
innocent ,
Yea,
he
hath
been
delivered By the cleanness
of thy
hands.
He shall
deliver
the island
of
the
innocent :
and
it
is
delivered by the pureness
of thine
hands.
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