1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 Behold, you have instructed many,
and you haveaIsa. 35:3; [Heb. 12:12] strengthened the weak hands.
4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you havea[See ver. 3 above] made firm the feeble knees.
5 But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
it touches you, and you are dismayed.
6 bch. 1:1 Is not your fear of God yourcch. 31:24; Prov. 3:26 confidence,
and the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 Remember:d[Ps. 37:25] who that was innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright cut off?
8 As I have seen, those whoeHos. 10:13; [Ps. 7:14; Prov. 22:8; Gal. 6:7, 8] plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.
9 ByfIsa. 30:33 the breath of God they perish,
and bygch. 15:30; Ex. 15:8; Ps. 18:15; [Isa. 11:4; 2 Thess. 2:8] the blast of his anger they are consumed.
10 The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion,
hPs. 58:6; [ch. 29:17; Ps. 3:7] the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 Now a word was brought to me stealthily;
my ear receivedich. 26:14 the whisper of it.
13 Amidjch. 20:2 thoughts fromkch. 33:15; Gen. 2:21; 15:12; 1 Sam. 26:12; Isa. 29:10 visions of the night,
whenkch. 33:15; Gen. 2:21; 15:12; 1 Sam. 26:12; Isa. 29:10 deep sleep falls on men,
14 dread came upon me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
15 A spirit glided past my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up.
16 It stood still,
but I could not discern its appearance.
lNum. 12:8 A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, then I heardm[1 Kgs. 19:12] a voice:
17 nch. 9:2; 10:4; 25:4; 32:2 ‘Can mortal man be in the right before1Or more than; twice in this verse God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
18 Even in his servantsoch. 15:15 he puts no trust,
and his angels he charges with error;
19 how much more those who dwell in houses ofpch. 10:9; 13:12; 33:6; Isa. 64:8; 2 Cor. 4:7; 5:1 clay,
whose foundation is inqGen. 2:7; 3:19; 18:27 the dust,
who are crushed liker[ch. 13:28] the moth.
20 Betweens[Ps. 90:5, 6; Isa. 38:12] morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
they perish forevert[Isa. 42:25; 57:1] without anyone regarding it.
21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them,
uch. 36:12; Prov. 5:23; 10:21; [Hos. 4:6] do they not die, and that without wisdom? ’