1 Then Eliphaz{H464} the Temanite{H8489} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)},
2 If we assay{H5254}{(H8765)} to commune{H1697} with thee, wilt thou be grieved{H3811}{(H8799)}? but who can{H3201}{(H8799)} withhold{H6113}{(H8800)} himself from speaking{H4405}?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed{H3256}{(H8765)} many{H7227}, and thou hast strengthened{H2388}{(H8762)} the weak{H7504} hands{H3027}.
4 Thy words{H4405} have upholden{H6965}{(H8686)} him that was falling{H3782}{(H8802)}, and thou hast strengthened{H553}{(H8762)} the feeble{H3766}{(H8802)} knees{H1290}.
5 But now it is come{H935}{(H8799)} upon thee, and thou faintest{H3811}{(H8799)}; it toucheth{H5060}{(H8799)} thee, and thou art troubled{H926}{(H8735)}.
6 Is not this thy fear{H3374}, thy confidence{H3690}, thy hope{H8615}, and the uprightness{H8537} of thy ways{H1870}?
7 Remember{H2142}{(H8798)}, I pray thee, who ever perished{H6}{(H8804)}, being innocent{H5355}? or where{H375} were the righteous{H3477} cut off{H3582}{(H8738)}?
8 Even as I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)}, they that plow{H2790}{(H8802)} iniquity{H205}, and sow{H2232}{(H8802)} wickedness{H5999}, reap{H7114}{(H8799)} the same.
9 By the blast{H5397} of God{H433} they perish{H6}{(H8799)}, and by the breath{H7307} of his nostrils{H639} are they consumed{H3615}{(H8799)}.
10 The roaring{H7581} of the lion{H738}, and the voice{H6963} of the fierce lion{H7826}, and the teeth{H8127} of the young lions{H3715}, are broken{H5421}{(H8738)}.
11 The old lion{H3918} perisheth{H6}{(H8802)} for lack{H1097} of prey{H2964}, and the stout lion's{H3833} whelps{H1121} are scattered abroad{H6504}{(H8691)}.
12 Now a thing{H1697} was secretly brought{H1589}{(H8792)} to me, and mine ear{H241} received{H3947}{(H8799)} a little{H8102} thereof.
13 In thoughts{H5587} from the visions{H2384} of the night{H3915}, when deep sleep{H8639} falleth{H5307}{(H8800)} on men{H582},
14 Fear{H6343} came{H7122}{(H8804)} upon me, and trembling{H7461}, which made all{H7230} my bones{H6106} to shake{H6342}{(H8689)}.
15 Then a spirit{H7307} passed{H2498}{(H8799)} before my face{H6440}; the hair{H8185} of my flesh{H1320} stood up{H5568}{(H8762)}:
16 It stood still{H5975}{(H8799)}, but I could not discern{H5234}{(H8686)} the form{H4758} thereof: an image{H8544} was before mine eyes{H5869}, there was silence{H1827}, and I heard{H8085}{(H8799)} a voice{H6963}, saying,
17 Shall mortal man{H582} be more just{H6663}{(H8799)} than God{H433}? shall a man{H1397} be more pure{H2891}{(H8799)} than his maker{H6213}{(H8802)}?
18 Behold, he put no trust{H539}{(H8686)} in his servants{H5650}; and his angels{H4397} he charged{H7760}{(H8799)} with folly{H8417}:
19 How much less{H637} in them that dwell{H7931}{(H8802)} in houses{H1004} of clay{H2563}, whose foundation{H3247} is in the dust{H6083}, which are crushed{H1792}{(H8762)} before{H6440} the moth{H6211}?
20 They are destroyed{H3807}{(H8714)} from morning{H1242} to evening{H6153}: they perish{H6}{(H8799)} for ever{H5331} without any regarding{H7760}{(H8688)} it.
21 Doth not their excellency{H3499} which is in them go away{H5265}{(H8738)}? they die{H4191}{(H8799)}, even without wisdom{H2451}.