| 1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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| 2 | If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can
withhold himself from speaking?
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| 3 | Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak
hands.
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| 4 | Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened
the feeble knees.
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| 5 | But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou
art troubled.
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| 6 | Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of
thy ways?
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| 7 | Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were
the righteous cut off?
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| 8 | Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the
same.
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| 9 | By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they
consumed.
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| 10 | The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth
of the young lions, are broken.
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| 11 | The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are
scattered abroad.
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| 12 | Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little
thereof.
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| 13 | In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
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| 14 | Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
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| 15 | Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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| 16 | 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,
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| 17 | Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his
maker?
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| 18 | Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with
folly:
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| 19 | How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation
is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
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| 20 | They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without
any regarding it.
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| 21 | Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even
without wisdom.
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Chapter 3
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Job
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Contents
Chapter 5
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