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

¶ Then Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered and said,

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

If we attempt to commune with thee, thou wilt be grieved. But who can withhold himself from speaking?

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

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

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

Thy words have upheld the one that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

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

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

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

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the integrity of thy ways?

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

¶ Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?

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

Even as I have seen, those that plow iniquity and sow wickedness, reap the same.

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

By the breath of God they perish, and by the spirit of his anger they are consumed.

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

The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

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

Behold, he put no trust in his slaves, and his angels he charged with folly.

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

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

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

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

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