1. And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --
2. Hath one tried a word with thee? --Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?
3. Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.
4. The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.
5. But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.
6. Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope--the perfection of thy ways?
7. Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
8. As I have seen--ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
9. From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.
10. The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.
11. An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.