1
Then
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered
and
said,
2
[If]
we
assay
to
commune
with
thee,
wilt
thou
be
grieved?
but
who
can
withhold
himself
from
speaking?
3
Behold,
thou
hast
instructed
many,
and
thou
hast
strengthened
the
weak
hands.
4
Thy
words
have
upholden
him
that
was
falling,
and
thou
hast
strengthened
the
feeble
knees.
5
But
now
it
is
come
upon
thee,
and
thou
faintest;
it
toucheth
thee,
and
thou
art
troubled.
6
[Is]
not
[this]
thy
fear,
thy
confidence,
thy
hope,
and
the
uprightness
of
thy
ways?
7
Remember,
I
pray
thee,
who
[ever]
perished,
being
innocent?
or
where
were
the
righteous
cut
off?
8
Even
as
I
have
seen,
they
that
plow
iniquity,
and
sow
wickedness,
reap
the
same.
9
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.
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
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.