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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
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"Can a man be profitable to God, Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
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Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?
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"Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you, And enters into judgment with you?
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Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquity without end?
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For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
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You have not given the weary water to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
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But the mighty man possessed the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it.