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| 1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: |
Eliphaz the Temanite – The false reasonings of Job's friends many improperly quote as inspired. R1506:1
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| 2 Hath one tried a word with thee Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able |
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| 3 Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong. |
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| 4 The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen. |
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| 5 But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled. |
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| 6 Is not thy reverence thy confidence Thy hope the perfection of thy ways |
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| 7 Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished And where have the upright been cut off |
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| 8 As I have seen ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it! |
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| 9 From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed. |
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| 10 The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken. |
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| 11 An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate. |
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| 12 And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it. |
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| 13 In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, |
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| 14 Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear. |
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| 15 And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh; |
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| 16 It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude [is] over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear: |
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| 17 'Is mortal man than God more righteous Than his Maker is a man cleaner |
Mortal man – The Bible distinctly declares that man is mortal. R1642:5, R254:5
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| 18 Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.' |
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| 19 Also the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.) |
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| 20 From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish. |
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| 21 Hath not their excellency been removed with them They die, and not in wisdom! |
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