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1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? “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 instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak 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 upholden him that was falling, and thou hast confirmed the feeble 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 it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth 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 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity 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 where were the upright cut off? “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 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same. 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 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger are they consumed. 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 fierce lion, and the teeth of the young 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 old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness 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 a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof. “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 thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on 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 came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake. fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; 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 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, 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 mortal man be more just than God? 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, he putteth no trust in his servants; and his angels he chargeth with folly: 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 them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before 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 Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: they perish for ever without any regarding it. 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 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? they die, and that without 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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