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¹ THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,² If I venture to speak with you, will you be wearied? But who can restrain himself from speaking with you?³ Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.⁴ Your words have upheld the weak, and you have strengthened the feeble knees.⁵ But now because misfortune has come upon you, and you are weary; it touches you, and you are terrified.⁶ Behold, your fear is to be blamed, and your trust in the integrity of your way.

⁷ Remember, I pray you, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright ever put to shame?⁸ As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.⁹ By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.¹⁰ The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the young lion are silenced, and the teeth of the lions are broken.¹¹ The lion perishes for the lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

¹² Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little of it.¹³ In silence, in a night vision, when deep sleep falls 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 Then I arose, but I could not discern its meaning; there was no form before my eyes, but I heard a gentle voice, saying,¹⁷ Shall mortal man be declared more righteous than God? Shall he be more pure than his Maker?¹⁸ Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his messengers he struck with amazement;¹⁹ Even those who dwell in decorated houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, shall be humbled before the thick darkness.²⁰ They shall be afflicted from morning to evening, that they may not dwell for ever; yea, they shall perish.²¹ Behold, their possessions are taken away from them; and the rest of them shall die without wisdom.