Then Eliphaz <H0464> the Temanite <H8489> answered <H6030> and said, <H0559>
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[If] we assay <H5254> to commune <H1697> with thee, wilt thou be grieved? <H3811> but who can <H3201> withhold <H6113> himself from speaking? <H4405>
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Behold, thou hast instructed <H3256> many, <H7227> and thou hast strengthened <H2388> the weak <H7504> hands. <H3027>
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Thy words <H4405> have upholden <H6965> him that was falling, <H3782> and thou hast strengthened <H0553> the feeble <H3766> knees. <H1290>
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But now it is come <H0935> upon thee, and thou faintest; <H3811> it toucheth <H5060> thee, and thou art troubled. <H0926>
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[Is] not [this] thy fear, <H3374> thy confidence, <H3690> thy hope, <H8615> and the uprightness <H8537> of thy ways? <H1870>
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Remember, <H2142> I pray thee, who [ever] perished, <H0006> being innocent? <H5355> or where <H0375> were the righteous <H3477> cut off? <H3582>
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Even as I have seen, <H7200> they that plow <H2790> iniquity, <H0205> and sow <H2232> wickedness, <H5999> reap <H7114> the same.
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By the blast <H5397> of God <H0433> they perish, <H0006> and by the breath <H7307> of his nostrils <H0639> are they consumed. <H3615>
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The roaring <H7581> of the lion, <H0738> and the voice <H6963> of the fierce lion, <H7826> and the teeth <H8127> of the young lions, <H3715> are broken. <H5421>
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The old lion <H3918> perisheth <H0006> for lack <H1097> of prey, <H2964> and the stout lion's <H3833> whelps <H1121> are scattered abroad. <H6504>
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Now a thing <H1697> was secretly brought <H1589> to me, and mine ear <H0241> received <H3947> a little <H8102> thereof.
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In thoughts <H5587> from the visions <H2384> of the night, <H3915> when deep sleep <H8639> falleth <H5307> on men, <H0582>
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Fear <H6343> came <H7122> upon me, and trembling, <H7461> which made all <H7230> my bones <H6106> to shake. <H6342>
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Then a spirit <H7307> passed <H2498> before my face; <H6440> the hair <H8185> of my flesh <H1320> stood up: <H5568>
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It stood still, <H5975> but I could not discern <H5234> the form <H4758> thereof: an image <H8544> [was] before mine eyes, <H5869> [there was] silence, <H1827> and I heard <H8085> a voice, <H6963> [saying],
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Shall mortal man <H0582> be more just <H6663> than God? <H0433> shall a man <H1397> be more pure <H2891> than his maker? <H6213>
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Behold, he put no trust <H0539> in his servants; <H5650> and his angels <H4397> he charged <H7760> with folly: <H8417>
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How much less <H0637> [in] them that dwell <H7931> in houses <H1004> of clay, <H2563> whose foundation <H3247> [is] in the dust, <H6083> [which] are crushed <H1792> before <H6440> the moth? <H6211>
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They are destroyed <H3807> from morning <H1242> to evening: <H6153> they perish <H0006> for ever <H5331> without any regarding <H7760> [it].
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Doth not their excellency <H3499> [which is] in them go away? <H5265> they die, <H4191> even without wisdom. <H2451>