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1 Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived? “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? Yet who can keep from speaking? “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
3 Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands: Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
4 Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees: Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees. Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
5 But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled. But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed. But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
6 Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways? Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope? Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed? “Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off? “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
8 On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them, As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same. As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.
9 Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath. By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed. At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken: The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken. The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
11 The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad. The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper. “Now a word was brought to me stealthily; my ear received the whisper of it. “A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.
13 In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men, Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,
14 Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted: dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake. fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
15 And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up. A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up. A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
16 There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind: It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice: It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:
17 Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker? ‘Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness: Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error; If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,
19 How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth? how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth. how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
20 From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever. Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces; they perish forever without anyone regarding it. Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.
21 And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom. Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’ Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
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