Eliphaz Questions Job |
Job 15:1-35 Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks] |
Then, Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered & said, Should a wise man utter [worthless] vain knowledge & fill his [stomach] with [hot air from] the east wind? Should [his reasoning be unproductive] talk? Or with speeches, [with which] he can do no good? |
[Yet,] you cast [away] fear [respect] & [limit] prayer before God. For your mouth utters your [sinfulness] & you choose the [words of the devious.] Your own mouth condemns you, not I. [Yet,] your own lips testify against you. Are you the first man, [who] was born? Or [were] you made before the hills? |
[Psalm 90:1-2 Lord, You have been our dwelling place [through] all generations. Before the mountains were brought [out,] or You ever formed the earth & the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.] |
Have you heard the secret of God? And [do] you [withhold] wisdom [for] yourself? What [do] you know, that we [don't] know? What [do] you understand [that] isn't [within] us? |
[Between] us are both the gray-headed & the very aged men, much [older] than your father. Are [God's comfort too little for] you? [Are] there any secret [things you’ve kept] with you? |
Why does your heart [lead you astray?] And [who] do your eyes wink at, [so] that you turn your spirit against God & let such words [come] out of your mouth? |
[Psalm 35:19-20 Let [those who] are [My] enemies wrongfully rejoice over Me & & neither let [those] wink with the eye [who] hated Me without a cause. For they [don't] speak [peacefully;] but they [plan] deceitful [plots] against [those who] are [living quietly] in the land.] |
What is man, that he should be clean? And should he be righteous [who] is born of a woman? [Look, God] puts no trust in His saints; [yet,] the heavens aren't clean in His sight. |
How much more [detestable] & filthy is man, who] drinks [up] [sin] like water? I will [explain, listen to] me & I will declare [what] I've seen. [What] wise men have told, from their [forefathers] & haven't [hidden] it; Unto whom alone the [land] was given & no stranger passed among them. |
[Joshua 21:43-45 And the Lord gave to Israel all the land [that] He [had sworn] to give to their [forefathers] & they possessed it & [lived in it there.] And the Lord gave them rest [all around,] according to all that [God swore] to their [forefathers.] |
And there [wasn't] a man of all their enemies [who] stood before them. The Lord delivered all their enemies into their [hands.] [Nothing] failed [to happen] of any good thing [that] the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.] |
The wicked man [writhes] with pain all his days & the number of years is hidden [from] the oppressor. A dreadful sound [rings] in his ears & [during] prosperity, the destroyer shall come upon him. |
[1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 For [you,] yourselves know perfectly that the Day of the Lord, [shall] come [like] a thief in the night. For when they shall say, [There's] peace & safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, [like] the [labor pains] upon the woman [delivering] a child & they shall not escape.] |
[Job doesn't] believe he shall return out [from] darkness & he is [waiting] for the sword. He wanders [around] for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is [already] at hand. |
[Psalm 59:15 Let them wander up & down for [food] & [be displeased] if they aren't [full.] Trouble & anguish shall make him afraid. They shall [accomplish what is attempted] against him, [like] a king [who prepares for] the battle. |
For he [stretched] out his hand against God & [is defiant] against the Almighty. He runs [toward God,] even [butting against] His neck, with a thick, [strong shield,] because his face & [ribs are protected by] fat. |
And he dwells in [the abandoned & empty] cities & in houses, which are ready to become [garbage] heaps, that no man [lives in.] He shall not be rich & neither shall his [possessions] continue. Neither shall he prolong [its] perfection upon the earth. |
[Job 20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God & the heritage appointed to him by God.] He shall not depart [from] darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, [a.k.a. descendants] & by the breath of [God's] mouth, he shall [blow] away. |
[Don't] let him, [who] is deceived trust in [worthless] vanity. For vanity shall be his [repayment.] [Job 35:12-13 There they cry [out,] but [no one answers,] because of the pride of evil men. Surely, God won't hear vanity, neither will the Almighty [pay attention to] it.] |
[His death] shall be accomplished before his time & his [branches] shall not be green. He shall shake off his [unripened grapes] as [if it were] a vine & shall cast off his flower [like] the olive [tree.] |
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate [& empty] & fire shall consume the [tents of] bribery. [Those who plan] mischief & [produce what is worthless] vanity, [prepare] their [stomach] for deceit. |
[Isaiah 33:1 Woe to you [who plunder] & you weren't [plundered] & [you who behave deceitfully] & they [didn't behave deceitfully to] you! When you [stop plundering,] you shall be [plundered.] And when you [finish behaving deceitfully,] they shall [behave deceitfully] with you.] |