Job 11
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied; "Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be uvindicated? Will your idle talk reduce men to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock? You say to God, My beliets are flawless and I am pur in your sight. Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you and disclose to you thes ecrets of wisdom for truewisdom has two sides. Know this. God has even forgotten some of your sin. "Can you fathorn mysteries of God? Can you proble the linits of the Almighty? They are highter than the heavens-what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of theg rave- what can you know? Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. "If he comes along and coutines you in priesom and convenes a court, who can oppose him? Surely he recognizes deceiful men; and whe he sees evil, does he not take note> But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man "Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him. If you put away the sin that is in your hand . and allow no evul tod well in your tent. then you will lift up your face without shame, you will stand firm and without fear. You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by. Life will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. You will tie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; theior hope will become a dying gasp." Job 12
"Then Jon replied; "Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you! But I have a mind as well as you; I am not infenrior to you. Who does not know all these things? "I have become a laughingstock to my friends , through I called upon God and he answered- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless! Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as thje fate of those whose feet are slipping The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure those who carry tnheir god in their hands. "But ask the animals, and they will trach you, or the burds of the air, and they will tell you; or s[peak to thje eart, and it will teach you, or let the fish of thes ea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? In his hand is the life of every creature and thje breath of all mankind. Does no the ear test words as the tongue tastes food? Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not ling life bring udnerstanding? "To God belong wisdom and power, counsel and understanding are his. What ge tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man he imprisons cannot be released. If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land To him belong strength and victory; both deceived andd eceiver are his. He leads counselors away stipped and makes fools of judges. He take off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows men long establishjed. He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty He reveals the deep things of darkness and b rings deep snhadows into the light. He makes nations great, and destroys them, he enlarges nations , and disperses them. He deprives the leaders of the earth kif their reason, he sends them wandering throughj a trackess waste. They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards. Job 13
"My eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue myc ase with God. Ypou, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians , all of you! If only you would be altogether silent~ For you, that would be wisdom Hear now my argument; listen to the plea of my lips. Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf? Will you speak decelitfully for him? Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God? Would it turn out well if he examind you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive men? He would surely rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality. Would not his splendor terrify you? Woul not thed read of him fall on you? Your mazims are priverbs of ashes ; your defenses are defenses of clay. "Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may Why do I put myself in Jeopardy and take my life in my hands? Though he slay me, yet will I hope in in him, I will surely defend myw ays to his face. Indeed, this will turn out for myd eliverance, for no godless man would dare come before him! Listen carefully to my words; let your ears take in what I sat. Now that I have prepared my case. I know I will be vincicated. Can anyone bring charges against me? If so, I will be silent and die. "Only grant me these two things, O God, and then I will not hide from you; Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frighening me with your terrors. Then summon me and I will answer , or let me speak, and yiou reply Howmany wrongs and sins have I com mitted? Show me my offense and my sin. Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy? Will you torment a windbliwn leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff? For you write down bitter things against me and make me inherit the sinsof my youth. You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marjs on the soles of my feet. So man wastes away like sometnhing rotten, like a garment eaten by moths. Job 14
Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and withers away like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. Do you fix your eye on such a one? Will you bring him before you for judement? Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one! Man's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set linits he cannot exceed. So look away from him and let him alone till he has put in his time like a hired man. "At least there is hope for a tree; If it is cut down, if will sprout again. and its new shoots will not fail Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil. yet at thes cent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant. But man dies and is laid low; be breathes his last and is no more. As water disappears from the sea or a riverbed becomes parched and dry, so mand lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep. "If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and them remember me! If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard servise I will wait for my renewai to come. You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made. Surely then you will count mys teps but not keep track of my sin My offenses will be sealed up in a bag ; you will cover over my sin. "But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place, as water wears away stones and torrents wash away teh soil. so you destroy man's hope. You overpower him once for all. and he is gone; you change his countennance and send him away. If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low. he does not see it. He feels but the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself." Job 15
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied. "Would a wise man answer withj empty notions or fill his belly witj the hot east wind? Would he argue witjh usless words, withj speeches that have no value? But you even undermine pieety and hinder devotion piety and hinder devotion to God. Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty Your own mouth condemns you. not mine; your own lips testify against you. "Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? Do you listen in on God's council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself? What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have thjat we do not have? The gray -haired and teha ged are on our side, mene ven older than your father. Are God's comsolations not enough for you, words spoken genly to you? Why has your heart carried you away. and why do your eyues flash. so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth? "What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous? If God places no trust is his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes. how much less man, who is vile and corrupt. who drinks up evil like water! "Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen. what wise men have declared, hiding nothing received from tehir fathers (to whom alone the land was given when no alien passed among them); All his days the wicked man sulfers torment, the rythkless through all the years stored up for him. Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attackm him. He despairs of escaping the darkness, he is marked for tehs word. He wanders abolut -food for vultures he knows thed ay of darkness is at hand. Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack. because he shakes he fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty. defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield. "Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh. he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives. house crumbling to rubble He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land. He will not escape thed arkness; a flame will withjer his shoots, and teh breath of God's mouth will carry him away. Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return Before his time he will nbe paid in full. amd his branches will not flourish. He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes like an olive tree shedding its blossoms. For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil their womb fashions deceit,"
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