1  Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said

1  But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said

2  If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

2  Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words?

2  If we start to speak to you, perhaps you will take it badly, but who can hold back the words he has conceived?

3  Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

3  For whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one,

3  Behold, you have taught many, and you have strengthened weary hands.

4  Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

4  and hast supported the failing with words, and hast imparted courage to feeble knees.

4  Your words have reassured the wavering, and you have fortified the trembling knees.

5  But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; it toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted.

5  Yet now that pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled.

5  But now the scourge has overcome you, and you falter. It has touched you, and you are disturbed.

6  Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?

6  Where is your reverence, your fortitude, your patience, and the perfection of your ways?

6  Behold, your fear is to be blamed, and your trust in the integrity of your way.

7  Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

7  Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?

7  Consider this, I beg you: who ever perished being innocent? Or when have the righteous been destroyed?

8  According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.

8  In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,

9  By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.

9  They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.

9  perishing by the breath of God, and being consumed by the wrath of his spirit.

10  The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth--yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

10  The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.

10  The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of young lions have been worn away.

11  The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

11  The tiger has perished because it does not have prey, and the young lions have been scattered.

12  Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

12  But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him?

12  Furthermore, a word was spoken to me in secret, and, as if by theft, my ears received the pulse of its whisper.

13  In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

13  But as when terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night,

14  Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.

14  horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.

14  fear and trembling seized me and all my bones were terrified.

15  Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.

15  And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered.

15  And when a spirit passed before me, the hair on my body stood up.

16  It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice

16  I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there, was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, saying,

16  There appeared an image before my eyes, someone whose face I did not recognize, and I heard a voice like a gentle breeze.

17  'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?

17  What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works?

17  Should man be justified in relation to God, or will a man be more pure than his Maker?

18  Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly;

18  Whereas he trust not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels.

18  Behold, those who serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he finds imperfection.

19  How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

19  But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth.

19  Even those who dwell in decorated houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, shall be humbled before the thick darkness.

20  Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.

20  And from the morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves.

21  Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'

21  For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom.

21  But those who are left behind will be taken away from them; they will die, and not in wisdom.

5:1  Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

1  But call, if any one will hearken to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels.

1  Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints.

5:2  For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

2  For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.

2  Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.

5:3  I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.

3  And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.

3  I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.

5:4  His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.

4  Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

4  His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them.

5:5  Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

5  For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.

5  Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources.

5:6  For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

6  For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains

6  Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.

5:7  But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

7  yet man is born to labour, and even so the vulture’s young seek the high places.

5:8  But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;

8  Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;

8  Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.

5:9  Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

9  who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number

9  He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.

5:10  Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;

10  He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.

5:11  So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

11  who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost

11  He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.

5:12  He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.

12  frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth

12  He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.

5:13  He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

13  He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.

5:14  They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

14  In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night

14  They handle things in the daytime as though they were in darkness, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

5:15  But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

15  and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.

15  Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

5:16  So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

16  And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.

16  And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.

5:17  Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

17  But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

17  Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.

5:18  For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.

18  for he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: he smites, and his hands heal.

18  For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal.

5:19  He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

19  Six time he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.

5:20  In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

20  During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword.

5:21  Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

21  You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives.

5:22  At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

22  In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth.

5:23  For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

23  For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

23  For you are in harmony with the stones of the land, and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you.

5:24  And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.

24  Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, and the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail.

24  And you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin.

5:25  Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

25  Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.

5:26  Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.

26  And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.

26  You will enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.

5:27  Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

27  Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything wrong.