[1]  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

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[2]  Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?

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[3]  Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?

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[4]  Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?

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[5]  Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?

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[6]  For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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[7]  You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

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[8]  But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelled in it.

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[9]  You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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[10]  Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;

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[11]  Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.

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[12]  Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

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[13]  And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

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[14]  Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.

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[15]  Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

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[16]  Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:

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[17]  Which said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

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[18]  Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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[19]  The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

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[20]  Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.

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[21]  Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come to you.

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[22]  Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

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[23]  If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.

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[24]  Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

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[25]  Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.

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[26]  For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.

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[27]  You shall make your prayer to him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.

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[28]  You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you: and the light shall shine on your ways.

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[29]  When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

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[30]  He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.

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