1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

2 "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved?

But who can withhold himself from speaking?

3 Behold, you have instructed many,

you have strengthened the weak hands.

4 Your words have supported him who was falling,

you have made the feeble knees firm.

5 But now it has come to you, and you faint.

It touches you, and you are troubled.

6 Isn’t your piety your confidence?

Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?

7 "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent?

Or where were the upright cut off?

8 According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity

and sow trouble, reap the same.

9 By the breath of God they perish.

By the blast of his anger are they consumed.

10 The roaring of the lion,

and the voice of the fierce lion,

the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey.

The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

12 "Now a thing was secretly brought to me.

My ear received a whisper of it.

13 In thoughts from the visions of the night,

when deep sleep falls on men,

14 fear came on me, and trembling,

which made all my bones shake.

15 Then a spirit passed before my face.

The hair of my flesh stood up.

16 It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance.

A form was before my eyes.

Silence, then 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 puts no trust in his servants.

He charges his angels with error.

19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,

whose foundation is in the dust,

who are crushed before the moth!

20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed.

They perish forever without any regarding it.

21 Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them?

They die, and that without wisdom.’

1 Then Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered and said,

2 If we attempt to commune with thee, thou wilt 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 upheld the one that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

5 But now that it is come upon thee, thou art grieved; it touches thee, and thou art troubled.

6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the integrity 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, those that plow iniquity and sow wickedness, reap the same.

9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the spirit of his anger they are 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 perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

12 Now the matter was also hidden from me, but my ear has perceived a little of it.

13 In imaginations of visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

14 fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

15 Then a spirit passed before me which caused the hair of my flesh to stand up.

16 A ghost stood in front of me, whose face I did not recognize, and I heard it say,

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 more [with] those that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [who] shall be crushed by the moth!

20 They are destroyed from morning to evening; they perish for ever without anyone regarding [it].

21 Does their beauty perish with them? They die and do not know.: