| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New Living Translation |
| 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, | 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job: |
| 2"If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking? | 2“Will you be patient and let me say a word? For who could keep from speaking out? |
| 3"Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands. | 3“In the past you have encouraged many people; you have strengthened those who were weak. |
| 4"Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees. | 4Your words have supported those who were falling; you encouraged those with shaky knees. |
| 5"But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed. | 5But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart. You are terrified when it touches you. |
| 6"Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope? | 6Doesn’t your reverence for God give you confidence? Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope? |
| 7"Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed? | 7“Stop and think! Do the innocent die? When have the upright been destroyed? |
| 8"According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it. | 8My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same. |
| 9"By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end. | 9A breath from God destroys them. They vanish in a blast of his anger. |
| 10"The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken. | 10The lion roars and the wildcat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken. |
| 11"The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered. | 11The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered. |
| 12"Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it. | 12“This truth was given to me in secret, as though whispered in my ear. |
| 13"Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, | 13It came to me in a disturbing vision at night, when people are in a deep sleep. |
| 14Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake. | 14Fear gripped me, and my bones trembled. |
| 15"Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up. | 15A spirit swept past my face, and my hair stood on end. |
| 16"It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: | 16The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape. There was a form before my eyes. In the silence I heard a voice say, |
| 17'Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? | 17‘Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’ |
| 18'He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error. | 18“If God does not trust his own angels and has charged his messengers with foolishness, |
| 19'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! | 19how much less will he trust people made of clay! They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth. |
| 20'Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever. | 20They are alive in the morning but dead by evening, gone forever without a trace. |
| 21'Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.' | 21Their tent-cords are pulled and the tent collapses, and they die in ignorance. |
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