translation_id: asv-eng-asv

book_id: JOB

book: Job

text: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,


text: Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.


text: Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?


text: Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?


text: Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.


text: For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.


text: Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.


text: But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.


text: Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.


text: Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,


text: Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.


text: Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!


text: And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?


text: Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.


text: Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?


text: Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,


text: Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?


text: Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.


text: The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,


text: Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.


text: Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.


text: Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.


text: If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.


text: And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;


text: And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.


text: For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.


text: Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.


text: Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.


text: When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.


text: He will deliver even him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.