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The Book of Job.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

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[1]	THEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
[2]	Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
[3]	Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
[4]	Is it for 1 thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?
[5]	Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
[6]	For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
[7]	Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
[8]	But as for the 2 mighty man, he had the earth; 3 And the 4 honorable man, he dwelt in it.
[9]	Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
[10]	Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,
[11]	Or 5 darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

[12]	Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height 6 of the stars, how high they are!
[13]	And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
[14]	Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
[15]	Wilt 7 thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?
[16]	Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
[17]	Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for 8 us? 9
[18]	Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
[19]	The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
[20]	Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the 10 remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
[21]	Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby 11 good shall come unto thee.
[22]	Receive, I pray thee, the 12 law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
[23]	If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If 13 thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
[24]	And lay thou thy treasure 14 in 15 the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
[25]	And the Almighty will be thy treasure, 16 And precious 17 silver unto thee.
[26]	For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.
[27]	Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.
[28]	Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.
[29]	When they cast 18 thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the 19 humble person he will save.
[30]	He will deliver even him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

Note 1. Or, for fear of thee. [back]

Note 2. Heb. the man of arm. [back]

Note 3. Or, land. [back]

Note 4. Heb. he whose person is accepted. [back]

Note 5. Or, Or dost thou not see the darkness, And the flood of waters that covereth thee? [back]

Note 6. Heb. head. [back]

Note 7. Or, Dost thou mark. [back]

Note 8. Or, to. [back]

Note 9. Heb. them. [back]

Note 10. Or, that which remained to them.Or, their abundance. [back]

Note 11. Or, as otherwise read, Thereby shall thine increase be good. [back]

Note 12. Or, instruction. [back]

Note 13. Or, Thou shalt put away … And shalt lay up. [back]

Note 14. Or, wrathful are. [back]

Note 15. Or, on the earth. [back]

Note 16. Heb. ore. [back]

Note 17. Or, precious silver shall be thine. [back]

Note 18. Or, are made low. [back]

Note 19. Heb. him that is lowly of eyes. [back]

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