21¿ NOT HAS IT BEEN PULLED UP TENT CORD THEIR IN THEM WILL THEY DIE? AND NOT WITH WISDOM 21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’ [’’]
1CALL PLEASE ¿ [IS] THERE [ONE WHO] ANSWERS YOU AND TO WHOM? OF [THE] HOLY [ONES] WILL YOU TURN Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him 1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2FOR <TO> A FOOL IT SLAYS VEXATION AND A SIMPLE [ONE] IT KILLS JEALOUSY 2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3I I HAVE SEEN A FOOL TAKING ROOT AND I CURSED HABITATION HIS SUDDENLY 3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4THEY ARE DISTANT CHILDREN HIS FROM SAFETY SO THEY MAY BE CRUSHED IN THE GATE AND THERE NOT [IS] A DELIVERER 4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5[THE ONE] WHO HARVEST HIS [THE] HUNGRY HE EATS AND TO FROM THORNS HE TAKES IT AND IT IS EAGER FOR A SNARE WEALTH THEIR 5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.*NoteCloseOr and a snare snatches his wealth
6FOR NOT IT COMES FORTH FROM [THE] DUST HARDSHIP AND FROM [THE] GROUND NOT IT SPRINGS UP TROUBLE 6For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7FOR EVERYONE TO TROUBLE HE IS BORN AND [THE] CHILDREN OF FLAME THEY MAKE HIGH TO FLY 7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8BUT I I WILL SEEK <TO> GOD AND TO GOD I WILL SET PLEA MY 8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9[WHO] DOES GREAT [THINGS] AND THERE NOT [IS] INQUIRY WONDERS UNTIL THERE NOT [IS] NUMBER 9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10WHO GIVES RAIN ON [THE] SURFACE OF [THE] EARTH AND [WHO] SENDS WATER ON [THE] SURFACE OF [THE] OPEN PLACES 10He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11TO SET LOWLY [PEOPLE] TO A HIGH PLACE AND MOURNERS THEY ARE HIGH SAFETY 11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12[WHO] FRUSTRATES [THE] PLANS OF CRAFTY [PEOPLE] AND NOT THEY WILL BRING ABOUT HANDS THEIR SUCCESS 12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13[WHO] CATCHES WISE [PEOPLE] WHEN ARE CRAFTY THEY AND [THE] COUNSEL OF TORTUOUS [PEOPLE] IT IS HASTY 13He catches the wise in their craftiness,*NoteCloseCited in 1 Corinthians 3:19 and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14BY DAY THEY MEET DARKNESS AND LIKE <THE> NIGHT THEY GROPE AT <THE> NOON<S> 14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15AND HE SAVED FROM [THE] SWORD FROM MOUTH THEIR AND FROM [THE] HAND OF [THE] STRONG [THE] NEEDY 15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16AND IT BELONGED TO <THE> POOR [PERSON] HOPE AND INJUSTICE IT SHUTS MOUTH ITS 16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17THERE! HOW BLESSED! [IS THE] PERSON [WHOM] HE REPROVES HIM GOD AND [THE] DISCIPLINE OF [THE] ALMIGHTY MAY NOT YOU REJECT 17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.*NoteCloseHebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job
18FOR HE HE CAUSES PAIN AND HE MAY BIND UP HE SHATTERS AND HANDS HIS THEY HEAL 18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19IN SIX TROUBLES HE WILL DELIVER YOU AND IN SEVEN NOT IT WILL TOUCH <IN> YOU HARM 19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20IN FAMINE HE WILL RANSOM YOU FROM DEATH AND IN BATTLE FROM [THE] HANDS OF [THE] SWORD 20In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21IN [THE] WHIP OF [THE] TONGUE YOU WILL BE HIDDEN AND NOT YOU WILL BE AFRAID FROM DESTRUCTION IF IT WILL COME 21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22TO DESTRUCTION AND TO FAMINE YOU WILL LAUGH AND FROM [THE] ANIMAL[S] OF THE EARTH MAY NOT YOU BE AFRAID 22You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23FOR [WILL BE] WITH [THE] STONES OF THE FIELD COVENANT YOUR AND [THE] ANIMAL[S] OF THE FIELD IT WILL BE AT PEACE TO YOU 23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24AND YOU WILL KNOW THAT [IS] SAFETY TENT YOUR AND YOU WILL VISIT ESTATE YOUR AND NOT YOU WILL MISS 24You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25AND YOU WILL KNOW THAT [WILL BE] MANY OFFSPRING YOUR AND DESCENDANTS YOUR [WILL BE] LIKE [THE] VEGETATION OF THE EARTH 25You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26YOU WILL GO IN FULL STRENGTH TO [THE] GRAVE AS GOES UP A HEAP OF SHEAVES AT APPROPRIATE TIME ITS 26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27HERE! THIS WE HAVE EXAMINED IT [IS] SO IT HEAR IT AND YOU KNOW FOR YOURSELF 27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”