Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2 Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?
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"Can a mortal be of use to God? Can even the wisest be of service to him?
3 For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?
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Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
4 Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? and will he enter into judgment with thee?
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Is it for your piety that he reproves you, and enters into judgment with you?
5 Is not thy wickedness abundant, and thy sins innumerable?
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Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities.
6 And thou hast taken security of thy brethren for nothing, and hast taken away the clothing of the naked.
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For you have exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry.
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You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8 And thou hast accepted the persons of some; and thou hast established those on the earth.
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The powerful possess the land, and the favored live in it.
9 But thou hast sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans.
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You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.
10 Therefore snares have compassed thee, and disastrous war has troubled thee.
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Therefore snares are around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you,
11 The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down.
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or darkness so that you cannot see; a flood of water covers you.
12 Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?
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"Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?
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Therefore you say, "What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?
14 A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.
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Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the dome of heaven.'
15 Wilt thou mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?
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Will you keep to the old way that the wicked have trod?
16 who were seized before their time: their foundations an overflowing stream.
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They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away by a flood.
17 Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us?
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They said to God, "Leave us alone,' and "What can the Almighty do to us?'
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him.
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Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.
19 The righteous have seen , and laughed, and the blameless one has derided .
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The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent laugh them to scorn,
20 Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their .
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saying, "Surely our adversaries are cut off, and what they left, the fire has consumed.'
21 Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper.
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"Agree with God, and be at peace; in this way good will come to you.
22 And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
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Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23 And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation.
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If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored, if you remove unrighteousness from your tents,
24 Thou shalt lay up for thyself in a heap on the rock; and Sophir as the rock of the torrent.
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if you treat gold like dust, and gold of Ophir like the stones of the torrent-bed,
25 So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.
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and if the Almighty is your gold and your precious silver,
26 Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.
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then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God.
27 And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee to pay thy vows.
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You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.
28 And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths.
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You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
29 Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.
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When others are humiliated, you say it is pride; for he saves the humble.
30 He shall deliver the innocent, and do thou save thyself by thy pure hands.
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He will deliver even those who are guilty; they will escape because of the cleanness of your hands."
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