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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.