1 A nd Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

2 H ath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

3 L o, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

4 T he stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

5 B ut now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.

6 I s not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope -- the perfection of thy ways?

7 R emember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?

8 A s I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

9 F rom the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

10 T he roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

11 A n old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.

12 A nd unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

13 I n thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,

14 F ear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.

15 A nd a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;

16 I t standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:

17 ` Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

18 L o, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'

19 A lso -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

20 F rom morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

21 H ath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!