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1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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1. Then Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489 answered H6030 and said H559 ,
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2. "Can a man be of use to God? Can a wise man be of use to himself?
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2. Can a man H1397 be profitable H5532 unto God H410 , as he that H3588 is wise H7919 may be profitable H5532 unto H5921 himself?
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3. Is the All-powerful pleased if you are right and good? Is it of any use to Him if your ways were perfect?
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3. Is it any pleasure H2656 to the Almighty H7706 , that H3588 thou art righteous H6663 ? or H518 is it gain H1215 to him , that H3588 thou makest thy ways perfect H8552 H1870 ?
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4. Is it because of how you honor God that He speaks strong words to you and punishes you?
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4. Will he reprove H3198 thee for fear H4480 H3374 of thee? will he enter H935 with H5973 thee into judgment H4941 ?
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5. Have you not done much wrong and your sins have no end?
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5. Is not H3808 thy wickedness H7451 great H7227 ? and thine iniquities H5771 infinite H369 H7093 ?
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6. For you have taken things from your brothers when they did not owe you anything. You have taken all their clothing and they have had nothing to wear.
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6. For H3588 thou hast taken a pledge H2254 from thy brother H251 for naught H2600 , and stripped H6584 the naked H6174 of their clothing H899 .
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7. To those who were tired, you have given no water to drink. And you have kept bread from the hungry.
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7. Thou hast not H3808 given water H4325 to the weary H5889 to drink H8248 , and thou hast withheld H4513 bread H3899 from the hungry H4480 H7457 .
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8. But you were a powerful and respected man owning land and living on it.
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8. But as for the mighty H2220 man H376 , he had the earth H776 ; and the honorable man H5375 H6440 dwelt H3427 in it.
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9. You have sent women away with nothing, whose husbands have died. And you have crushed the strength of children who have no parents.
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9. Thou hast sent widows away H7971 H490 empty H7387 , and the arms H2220 of the fatherless H3490 have been broken H1792 .
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10. So traps are all around you, and much fear comes upon you all at once.
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10. Therefore H5921 H3651 snares H6341 are round about H5439 thee , and sudden H6597 fear H6343 troubleth H926 thee;
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11. This is why it is dark and you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
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11. Or H176 darkness H2822 , that thou canst not H3808 see H7200 ; and abundance H8229 of waters H4325 cover H3680 thee.
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12. "Is not God high up in heaven? See the highest stars, how high they are!
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12. Is not H3808 God H433 in the height H1363 of heaven H8064 ? and behold H7200 the height H7218 of the stars H3556 , how H3588 high they are H7311 !
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13. So you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through the darkness?
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13. And thou sayest H559 , How H4100 doth God H410 know H3045 ? can he judge H8199 through H1157 the dark cloud H6205 ?
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14. Clouds cover Him so that He cannot see. He walks on the roof of heaven.'
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14. Thick clouds H5645 are a covering H5643 to him , that he seeth H7200 not H3808 ; and he walketh H1980 in the circuit H2329 of heaven H8064 .
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15. Will you keep to the old way which sinful men have walked?
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15. Hast thou marked H8104 the old H5769 way H734 which H834 wicked H205 men H4962 have trodden H1869 ?
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16. They were taken away before their time. The ground they stood on was washed away by a river.
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16. Which H834 were cut down H7059 out of H3808 time H6256 , whose foundation H3247 was overflown H3332 with a flood H5104 :
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17. They said to God, 'Leave us!' and 'What can the All-powerful do to us?'
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17. Which said H559 unto God H410 , Depart H5493 from H4480 us : and what H4100 can the Almighty H7706 do H6466 for them?
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18. Yet He filled their houses with good things. But the wisdom of the sinful is far from me.
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18. Yet he H1931 filled H4390 their houses H1004 with good H2896 things : but the counsel H6098 of the wicked H7563 is far H7368 from H4480 me.
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19. Those who are right and good see it and are glad. Those who are without guilt make fun of them,
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19. The righteous H6662 see H7200 it , and are glad H8055 : and the innocent H5355 laugh them to scorn H3932 .
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20. saying, 'For sure those who hate us are destroyed, and fire has destroyed what they owned.'
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20. Whereas H518 our substance H7009 is not H3808 cut down H3582 , but the remnant H3499 of them the fire H784 consumeth H398 .
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21. "Agree with God, and be at peace with Him. Then good will come to you.
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21. Acquaint H5532 now H4994 thyself with H5973 him , and be at peace H7999 : thereby good H2896 shall come H935 unto thee.
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22. Receive the teaching from His mouth, and keep His words in your heart.
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22. Receive H3947 , I pray thee H4994 , the law H8451 from his mouth H4480 H6310 , and lay up H7760 his words H561 in thine heart H3824 .
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23. If you return to the Allpowerful, things will be well with you again. Put sin far from your tent.
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23. If H518 thou return H7725 to H5704 the Almighty H7706 , thou shalt be built up H1129 , thou shalt put away iniquity H5766 far H7368 from thy tabernacles H4480 H168 .
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24. Put your gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the river.
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24. Then shalt thou lay up H7896 gold H1220 as H5921 dust H6083 , and the gold of Ophir H211 as the stones H6697 of the brooks H5158 .
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25. Then the All-powerful will be your gold and silver of much worth.
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25. Yea , the Almighty H7706 shall be H1961 thy defense H1220 , and thou shalt have plenty H8443 of silver H3701 .
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26. Then you will have joy in the Allpowerful, and lift up your face to God.
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26. For H3588 then H227 shalt thou have thy delight H6026 in H5921 the Almighty H7706 , and shalt lift up H5375 thy face H6440 unto H413 God H433 .
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27. You will pray to Him, and He will hear you. And you will keep your promises to Him.
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27. Thou shalt make thy prayer H6279 unto H413 him , and he shall hear H8085 thee , and thou shalt pay H7999 thy vows H5088 .
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28. You will decide something, and it will be done for you. Light will shine on your path.
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28. Thou shalt also decree H1504 a thing H562 , and it shall be established H6965 unto thee : and the light H216 shall shine H5050 upon H5921 thy ways H1870 .
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29. For God puts down the man who is filled with pride. But He saves the one who is not proud.
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29. When H3588 men are cast down H8213 , then thou shalt say H559 , There is lifting up H1466 ; and he shall save H3467 the humble person H7807 H5869 .
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30. He will save the man who is even guilty because he will be helped by your hands that are clean."
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30. He shall deliver H4422 the island H336 of the innocent H5355 : and it is delivered H4422 by the pureness H1252 of thine hands H3709 .
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