| 1 | Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, |
| 2 | If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? 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 hast made firm the feeble knees. |
| 5 | But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. |
| 6 | Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [And] the integrity of thy ways thy hope? |
| 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 trouble, reap the same. |
| 9 | By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed. |
| 10 | The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And 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 thing 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, Which made all my bones to shake. |
| 15 | Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up. |
| 16 | It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying], |
| 17 | Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than 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 destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it. |
| 21 | Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom. |
