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21.21 :For what pleasure hath he in his house after him?
 * Seeing the number of his months is determined.


 * Shall any teach God knowledge?
 * Seeing it is He that judgeth those that are high.
 * One dieth in his full strength,
 * Being wholly at ease and quiet;
 * His pails are full of milk,
 * And the marrow of his bones is moistened.
 * And another dieth in bitterness of soul,
 * And hath never tasted of good.
 * They lie down alike in the dust,
 * And the worm covereth them.


 * Behold, I know your thoughts,
 * And the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
 * For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince?
 * And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
 * Have ye not asked them that go by the way;
 * And will ye misdeem their tokens,
 * That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity,
 * That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
 * But who shall declare his way to his face?
 * And who shall repay him what he hath done?
 * For he is borne to the grave,
 * And watch is kept over his tomb.
 * The clods of the valley are sweet unto him,
 * And all men draw after him,
 * As there were innumerable before him.
 * How then comfort ye me in vain?
 * And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:


 * Can a man be profitable unto God?
 * Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him?
 * Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?
 * Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?
 * Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee,
 * That He entereth with thee into judgment?
 * Is not thy wickedness great?
 * And are not thine iniquities without end?
 * For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought,
 * And stripped the naked of their clothing.
 * Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,
 * And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
 * And as a mighty man, who hath the earth,
 * And as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it,
 * Thou hast sent widows away empty,
 * And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
 * Therefore snares are round about thee,
 * And sudden dread affrighted thee,
 * Or darkness, that thou canst not see,
 * And abundance of waters cover thee.
 * Is not God in the height of heaven?
 * And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are!
 * And thou sayest: 'What doth God know?
 * Can He judge through the dark cloud?
 * Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not;