1Then Eliphaz, from Teman, replied to Job. He said,
2“Will you please let me say something to you?
3In the past, you have instructed/taught many people,
4By what you said, you have helped those who ◄needed spiritual help/almost quit trusting in God► [MET],
5But now, when you experience disasters, you become discouraged.
6You revere God; ◄does that not cause you to trust in him?/that should cause you to trust in him.► [RHQ]
7Think about this: Do innocent people die while they are still young [RHQ]?
8What I have experienced is this: Just as [MET] farmers who plant bad seeds do not harvest good crops,
9They die when God angrily blows his breath on them,
10Even though wicked people may be very powerful like young lions,
11They will die like fierce lions that starve to death when there are no animals that they can kill and eat,
12“I heard a message that someone came
13He spoke to me at night when I was having a bad dream that disturbed/frightened me
14It caused me to be afraid and tremble;
15A ghost glided past my face
16It stopped, but I could not see what form it had.
17‘◄Does God consider anyone to be righteous?/No human beings can be righteous in God’s sight!► [RHQ]
18God cannot be sure that his own angels will always do what is right;
19So he certainly cannot trust human beings who were made from dust and clay,
20People are sometimes well in the morning, but in the evening they are dead.
21They are like [MET] tents that collapse suddenly: