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| [1]So Eliphas the Themanite gaue aunswere, and sayde |
[1]Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said, |
| [2]May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise may be profitable vnto him selfe |
[2]Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge? |
| [3]Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous? or shall it profite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect |
[3]For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way? |
| [4]Is he afrayde to reproue thee, and to step foorth with thee into iudgement |
[4]Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? and will he enter into judgment with thee? |
| [5]Is not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable |
[5]Is not thy wickedness abundant, and thy sins innumerable? |
| [6]For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing |
[6]And thou hast taken security of thy brethren for nothing, and hast taken away the clothing of the naked. |
| [7]To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie |
[7]Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry. |
| [8]But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it |
[8]And thou hast accepted the persons of some; and thou hast established those that were already settled on the earth. |
| [9]Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken |
[9]But thou hast sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans. |
| [10]Therefore art thou compassed about with snares, & sodenly vexed with feare |
[10]Therefore snares have compassed thee, and disastrous war has troubled thee. |
| [11]Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee |
[11]The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down. |
| [12]Is not God on high in the heauen? beholde the heyght of the starres how hie they are |
[12]Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud? |
| [13]Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude |
[13]And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark? |
| [14]Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen |
[14]A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven. |
| [15]Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked |
[15]Wilt thou not mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden? |
| [16]Whiche were cut downe out of time, and whose foundation was as an ouerflowing ryuer |
[16]who were seized before their time: their foundations are as an overflowing stream. |
| [17]Whiche sayd vnto God, Go from vs: and asked what the almightie coulde do for them |
[17]Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us? |
| [18]He filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me |
[18]Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him. |
| [19]The righteous sawe it and were glad, and the innocent laughed them to scorne |
[19]The righteous have seen it, and laughed, and the blameless one has derided them. |
| [20]Is our substaunce bewen downe? As for the remnaunt of them the fire hath consumed |
[20]Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their property. |
| [21]Therefore reconcile thee vnto God, and be at peace: so shall all thinges prospere with thee right well |
[21]Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper. |
| [22]Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart |
[22]And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. |
| [23]For if thou wilt turne to the almightie, thou shalt be buyld vp, and put all vnrighteousnes from thy dwelling |
[23]And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast thus removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation. |
| [24]Thou shalt lay vp golde [as plentyful] as the dust, and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the riuers |
[24]Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; and Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent. |
| [25]Yea almightie God his owne selfe shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer |
[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. |
| [26]Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God |
[26]Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven. |
| [27]Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt kepe thy promises |
[27]And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows. |
| [28]Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establishe it vnto thee, and the light shall shine in thy wayes |
[28]And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths. |
| [29]When [the wicked] be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person |
[29]Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, Man has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes. |
| [30]The innocent shal deliuer the Ilande: it shalbe preserued by the purenesse of thyne handes |
[30]He shall deliver the innocent, and do thou save thyself by thy pure hands. |