1Eliphaz proceedeth to shew that the end of the wicked is certain misery: 6that man is born to trouble: 8that God should be sought to in time of affliction. 17The happy end of God's correction.
1CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the asaints wilt thou 1turn?
1Or, look?
a ch. 15.15. Ps. 89.5,7.
2For bwrath killeth the cfoolish man, and 2envy slayeth the *silly one.
2Or, indignation.
*silly-simple, foolish.
b Ro. 2.8. De. 29.20; 32.22. c Ps. 107.17. Pr. 1.32; 8.5; 9.13; 14.30.
3I dhave seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
d Ps. 37.35,36; 73.3,18-20. Je. 12.1-3. Zec. 5.3,4. Pr. 3.33.
4His children are efar from safety, and they are crushed fin the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
e Ps. 119.155; 109.7,12,13; 50.21,22. Ex. 20.5. f Ps. 127.5.
5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the grobber swalloweth up their substance.
g ch. 18.9; 1.12,13.
6Although 3affliction cometh hnot forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
3Or, iniquity.
h Am. 3.6. La. 3.39. Is. 45.7. Mat. 15.19.
7iYet man is born unto 4trouble, as the 5sparks fly upward.
4Or, labour.
5Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly, Is. 24.15; 43.2. 1Pe. 4.12.
i ch. 14.1. 1Co. 10.13. Ge. 3.17-19.
8jI would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
j Ps. 50.15; 9.10; 34.4,6; 37.5; 91.15.
9Which kdoeth great things and 6unsearchable; marvellous things 7without number:
6Heb. there is no search.
7Heb. till there be no number.
k ch. 9.10. Ps. 72.18; 86.10; 145.3; 40.5; 104.24. Ro. 11.33.
10lWho giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the 8fields:
8Heb. out-places.
l ch. 38.26. Je. 5.24; 10.13; 14.22. Am. 5.8. Ac. 14.17. Ps. 65.8-11.
11mTo set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
m 1Sa. 2.7. Ps. 113.7. Eze. 17.24. 1Co. 1.26-29.
12nHe disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands 9cannot perform their *enterprise.
9Or, cannot perform anything.
*enterprise-purpose.
n Ne. 4.15. Ps. 33.10; 76.5. Es. 9.24,25. Is. 8.10; 14.24,25. Ex. 18.11.
13oHe taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the *froward is carried headlong.
*froward-perverse, contrary, self-willed.
o 1Co. 3.19. Ps. 7.15,16; 9.15,16; 35.7,8; 141.10; 17.13. ch. 18.7.
14They 10meet pwith darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
10Or, run into.
p Is. 19.3,13,14; 59.9,10. Am. 8.9. ch. 12.25. De. 28.29. Ac. 17.27. 2Co. 4.4.
15But qhe saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
q Ps. 72.4,13,14; 34.6; 35.10; 107.41; 109.31.
16rSo the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
r Ps. 9.18; 10.14; 107.41,42. Is. 14.32. Mi. 7.9,10.
17Behold, shappy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore tdespise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
s Pr. 3.11,12. He. 12.5,6,10. Ja. 1.12; 5.11. Re. 3.19. Ps. 119.67,71; 94.12. Je. 31.18-20. t Pr. 3.11.
18uFor he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
u De. 32.39. 1Sa. 2.6. Ps. 147.3. Is. 30.26. Eze. 34.16. Ho. 6.1.
19He vshall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
v Ps. 34.19; 91.3,7. Pr. 24.16. 2Pe. 2.7,9. Re. 3.10. 1Co. 10.13. 2Co. 1.10.
20wIn famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the 11power of the sword.
11Heb. hands.
w Ps. 33.19; 34.10; 37.19. Pr. 10.3. Hab. 3.17,18.
21xThou shalt be hid 12from the *scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
12Or, when the tongue scourgeth.
*scourge-whip.
x Ps. 31.20; 73.9; 91.1-10. Je. 18.18. Pr. 14.3. De. 33.27-29.
22At destruction and famine thou shalt ylaugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
y Ja. 1.2. Ps. 34.8-10. Ro. 5.3. Phi. 4.19. Hab. 3.17,18.
23zFor thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
z Ps. 91.12. Is. 11.6-9; 65.25. Eze. 34.25. Ho. 2.18. Mar. 16.18. Ac. 28.3,4. Pr. 16.7.
24And thou shalt know 13that thy *tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not 14sin.
13Or, that peace is thy tabernacle, Pr. 3.17,33. Ps. 119.165. Is. 66.12.
*tabernacle-tent, dwelling.
14Or, err.
25Thou shalt know also athat thy seed shall be 15great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
15Or, much.
a Ps. 112.2; 128.3,6. Ge. 12.2; 15.5; 22.16,17. Pr. 9.11.
26Thou shalt bcome to thy grave cin a full age, like as a *shock of dcorn 16cometh in in his season.
*shock-stack of sheaves.
16Heb. ascendeth.
b Ec. 12.5. ch. 17.13; 30.23. c Pr. 9.11; 10.27. Ge. 15.15; 25.8. De. 34.8. Ps. 102.24; 91.16. Ep. 6.2,3. d Jn. 12.24. Mat. 13.30.
27Lo this, we have esearched it, so it is ; hear it, and know thou it 17for thy good.
17Heb. for thyself.
e Ps. 111.2; 81.11,13. Is. 55.3. Pr. 2.3-5; 9.12.