Then Eliphaz
the Temanite
answered
and said,
Eliphas
Ελιφας
eliphas
Thaimanitēs
Θαιμανίτης
thaimanitēs
If we assay
to commune
with thee, wilt thou be grieved?
but who can
withhold
himself from speaking?
Behold, thou hast instructed
many,
and thou hast strengthened
the weak
hands.
Thy words
have upholden
him that was falling,
and thou hast strengthened
the feeble
knees.
But now it is come
upon thee, and thou faintest;
it toucheth
thee, and thou art troubled.
Is not this thy fear,
thy confidence,
thy hope,
and the uprightness
of thy ways?
Remember,
I pray thee, who ever perished,
being innocent?
or where
were the righteous
cut off?
Even as I have seen,
they that plow
iniquity,
and sow
wickedness,
reap
the same.
By the blast
of God
they perish,
and by the breath
of his nostrils
are they consumed.
The roaring
of the lion,
and the voice
of the fierce lion,
and the teeth
of the young lions,
are broken.
The old lion
perisheth
for lack
of prey,
and the stout lion's
whelps
are scattered abroad.
Now a thing
was secretly brought
to me, and mine ear
received
a little
thereof.
extraordinary
ἐξαίσια
exaisia
In thoughts
from the visions
of the night,
when deep sleep
falleth
on men,
Fear
came
upon me, and trembling,
which made all
my bones
to shake.
Then a spirit
passed
before my face;
the hair
of my flesh
stood up:
It stood still,
but I could not discern
the form
thereof: an image
was before mine eyes,
there was silence,
and I heard
a voice,
saying,
Shall mortal man
be more just
than God?
shall a man
be more pure
than his maker?
Behold, he put no trust
in his servants;
and his angels
he charged
with folly:
How much less
in them that dwell
in houses
of clay,
whose foundation
is in the dust,
which are crushed
before
the moth?
They are destroyed
from morning
to evening:
they perish
for ever
without any regarding
it.
Doth not their excellency
which is in them go away?
they die,
even without wisdom.
