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[1]THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
[2]If I venture to speak with you, will you be wearied? But who can restrain himself from speaking with you?
[3]Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
[4]Your words have upheld the weak, and you have strengthened the feeble knees.
[5]But now because misfortune has come upon you, and you are weary; it touches you, and you are terrified.
[6]Behold, your fear is to be blamed, and your trust in the integrity of your way
[7]Remember, I pray you, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright ever put to shame?
[8]As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.
[9]By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
[10]The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the young lion are silenced, and the teeth of the lions are broken.
[11]The lion perishes for the lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered
[12]Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little of it.
[13]In silence, in a night vision, when deep sleep falls on men,
[14]Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
[15]Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
[16]Then I arose, but I could not discern its meaning; there was no form before my eyes, but I heard a gentle voice, saying,
[17]Shall mortal man be declared more righteous than God? Shall he be more pure than his Maker?
[18]Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his messengers he struck with amazement;
[19]Even those who dwell in decorated houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, shall be humbled before the thick darkness.
[20]They shall be afflicted from morning to evening, that they may not dwell for ever; yea, they shall perish.
[21]Behold, their possessions are taken away from them; and the rest of them shall die without wisdom
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