Then
Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
02 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be
grieved? but who can withhold himself from
speaking?
03 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou
hast strengthened the weak hands.
04 Thy words have upholden him that was falling,
and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
05 But now it is come upon thee, and thou
faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art
troubled.
06 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy
hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
07 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished,
being innocent? or where were the righteous cut
off?
08 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,
and sow wickedness, reap the same.
09 By the blast of God they perish, and by the
breath of his nostrils 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 stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
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12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and
mine ear received a little 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
form thereof: an image 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 put no trust in his servants; and
his angels he charged with folly:
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of
clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are
crushed before the moth?
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening:
they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go
away? they die, even without wisdom.
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