1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
2If one attempts to speak with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3Behold, you have instructed many, And you have strengthened the weak hands.
4Your words have upheld him who was falling, And you have made firm the feeble knees.
5But now it has come to you, and you faint; It touches you, and you are troubled.
6Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?
7Remember, please, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
8According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
9By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And my ear received a whisper of it.
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
14Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones shake.
15Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.
16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes: There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
18Behold, he puts no trust in his servants; And his angels he charges with folly:
19How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
20Between morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish forever without anyone regarding it.
21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.