1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?
3Behold, thou hast instructed many,
4Thy words have upholden him that was falling,
5But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest;
6Is not thy fear of God thy confidence,
7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?
8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,
9By the breath of God they perish,
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,
11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,
12Now a thing was secretly brought to me,
13In thoughts from the visions of the night,
14Fear came upon me, and trembling,
15Then a spirit passed before my face;
16It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof;
17Shall mortal man be more just than God?
18Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants;
19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay,
20Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed:
21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?