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[1]Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
[2]If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
[3]Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
[4]Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou h strengthened the feeble knees.
[5]But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; it toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted.
[6]Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?
[7]Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
[8]According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.
[9]By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.
[10]The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth—yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
[11]The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
[12]Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.
[13]In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
[14]Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.
[15]Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.
[16]It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice:
[17]'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?
[18]Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly;
[19]How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
[20]Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.
[21]Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
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