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Then Eliphaz from Teman answered Job: |
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"If you were really wise, you would not answer with your worthless personal opinions! A wise man would not be so full of hot air. |
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Do you think a wise man would use empty words and meaningless speeches to win his arguments? |
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If you had your way, no one would respect God and pray to him. |
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What you say clearly shows your sin. Job, you are trying to hide your sin by using clever words. |
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I don't need to prove to you that you are wrong. The words from your own mouth show that you are wrong. Your own lips speak against you. |
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"Do you think you were the first person ever to be born? Were you born before the hills? |
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Did you listen to God's secret plans? Do you think you are the only wise person? |
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We know as much as you do! We understand as well as you. |
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The old, gray-haired men agree with us. People older than your father are on our side. |
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God tries to comfort you, but that is not enough for you. We have spoken his message to you in a gentle way. |
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Why will you not understand? Why can you not see the truth? |
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You are expressing your anger against God when you say these things. |
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"People cannot really be pure. They cannot be more right than God! |
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God does not even trust his angels. He does not even think the sky is pure. |
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People are even worse. They are disgusting and dirty. They drink up evil like water. |
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"Listen to me, and I will explain it to you. Let me tell you what I have seen. |
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I will tell you what wise men would say, things they heard from their fathers and then freely passed on. They didn't hide any secrets from me. |
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These are important people in our country! Everyone knows who they are. |
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And they said that an evil man suffers all his life. A cruel man suffers all his numbered years. |
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Every noise scares him. His enemy will attack him when he thinks he is safe. |
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An evil man has no hope of escaping the darkness. There is a sword somewhere waiting to kill him. |
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He wanders from place to place, looking for food. But he knows a dark day is coming, which he brought on himself. |
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He lives in fear, with worry and suffering threatening him like a king ready to attack. |
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That is because that evil man shook his fist at God, refusing to obey. He dared to attack God All-Powerful, |
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like a soldier with a thick, strong shield who runs at his enemy to strike him in the neck. |
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He might be rich and fat, |
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but his town will be ruined; his home will be destroyed; his house will be empty. |
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He will not be rich for long. His wealth will not last. His crops will not grow large. |
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He will not escape the darkness. He will be like a tree whose leaves die from disease and are blown away by the wind. |
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That evil man should not fool himself by trusting in worthless things, because he will keep nothing. |
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He will die before his time, like a tree whose top branches have already begun to die. |
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He will be like a vine that loses its grapes before they ripen. He will be like an olive tree that loses its buds. |
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That is because people without God have nothing. Those who take bribes will have their homes destroyed by fire. |
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These are people who are always thinking of ways to do evil and cause trouble. They are always planning how they might cheat others." |
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