1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely…
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that…
4Is it for your piety that he reproves…
5Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any…
6For you have taken pledges from your brother…
7You haven’t given water to the weary to…
8But as for the mighty man, he had…
9You have sent widows away empty, and the…
10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles…
11or darkness, so that you can not see,…
12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See…
13You say, ‘What does God know? Can he…
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so…
15Will you keep the old way, which wicked…
16who were snatched away before their time, whose…
17who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and,…
18Yet he filled their houses with good things,…
19The righteous see it, and are glad. The…
20saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us…
21“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at…
22Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay…
23If you return to the Almighty, you will…
24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold…
25The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious…
26For then you will delight yourself in the…
27You will make your prayer to him, and…
28You will also decree a thing, and it…
29When they cast down, you will say, ‘be…
30He will even deliver him who is not…
