^{1 Ref} Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

^{2 Ref} "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

^{3 Ref} Behold, you have instructed many, You have strengthened the weak hands.

^{4 Ref} Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.

^{5 Ref} But now it is come to you, and you faint; It touches you, and you are troubled.

^{6 Ref} Isn't your piety your confidence, The integrity of your ways your hope?

^{7 Ref} "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

^{8 Ref} According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, And sow trouble, Reap the same.

^{9 Ref} By the breath of God they perish, By the blast of his anger are they consumed.

^{10 Ref} The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, The teeth of the young lions, are broken.

^{11 Ref} The old lion perishes for lack of prey, The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

^{12 Ref} "Now a thing was secretly brought to me, My ear received a whisper of it.

^{13 Ref} In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,

^{14 Ref} Fear came on me, and trembling, Which made all my bones shake.

^{15 Ref} Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.

^{16 Ref} It stood still, but I couldn't discern the appearance of it; A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,

^{17 Ref} 'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

^{18 Ref} Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.

^{19 Ref} How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

^{20 Ref} Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.

^{21 Ref} Isn't their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'

^{1 Ref} And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

^{2 Ref} If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

^{3 Ref} Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;

^{4 Ref} He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.

^{5 Ref} But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.

^{6 Ref} Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

^{7 Ref} Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

^{8 Ref} What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

^{9 Ref} By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

^{10 Ref} Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

^{11 Ref} The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

^{12 Ref} A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.

^{13 Ref} In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,

^{14 Ref} Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;

^{15 Ref} And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:

^{16 Ref} Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

^{17 Ref} May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

^{18 Ref} Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;

^{19 Ref} How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

^{20 Ref} Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

^{21 Ref} If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

^{1 Ref} And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

^{2 Ref} Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

^{3 Ref} Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

^{4 Ref} The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

^{5 Ref} But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.

^{6 Ref} Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope -- the perfection of thy ways?

^{7 Ref} Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?

^{8 Ref} As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

^{9 Ref} From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

^{10 Ref} The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

^{11 Ref} An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.

^{12 Ref} And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

^{13 Ref} In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,

^{14 Ref} Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.

^{15 Ref} And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;

^{16 Ref} It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude `is' over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:

^{17 Ref} `Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

^{18 Ref} Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'

^{19 Ref} Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation `is' in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

^{20 Ref} From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

^{21 Ref} Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!