The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Great Wickedness |
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Then El’iphaz the Te’manite answered and said,
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Can a man be profitable unto God,
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as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? |
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Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?
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Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? Job. 35.6-8 |
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Will he reprove thee for fear of thee?
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Will he enter with thee into judgment? |
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Is not thy wickedness great?
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and thine iniquities infinite? |
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For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought,
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and stripped the naked of their clothing. |
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Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,
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and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. |
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But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;
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and the honorable man dwelt in it. |
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Thou hast sent widows away empty,
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and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. |
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Therefore snares are round about thee,
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and sudden fear troubleth thee; |
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or darkness, that thou canst not see;
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and abundance of waters cover thee. |
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Is not God in the height of heaven?
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And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! |
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And thou sayest, How doth God know?
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Can he judge through the dark cloud? |
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Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not;
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and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. |
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Hast thou marked the old way
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which wicked men have trodden? |
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which were cut down out of time,
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whose foundation was overflown with a flood: |
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which said unto God, Depart from us:
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and what can the Almighty do for them? |
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Yet he filled their houses with good things:
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but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
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The righteous see it, and are glad:
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and the innocent laugh them to scorn. |
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Whereas our substance is not cut down,
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but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. |
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Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:
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thereby good shall come unto thee. |
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Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,
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and lay up his words in thine heart. |
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If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,
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thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. |
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Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
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and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. |
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Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense,
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and thou shalt have plenty of silver. |
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For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty,
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and shalt lift up thy face unto God. |
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Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee,
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and thou shalt pay thy vows. |
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Thou shalt also decree a thing,
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and it shall be established unto thee: |
and the light shall shine upon thy ways. |
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When men are cast down,
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then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; |
and he shall save the humble person. |
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He shall deliver the island of the innocent:
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and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. |
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