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Now Eliphaz the Temanite raised his voice and said,
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"Because He tested you with [one] thing, should you weary? Who can withhold words?
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Behold, you have chastised many, and you have strengthened weak hands.
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Your words would pick up the stumbler, and you would strengthen buckling knees.
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Now when it comes to you, you weary; it touches you and you are frightened.
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Surely, your fear was your foolishness, your hope and the sincerity of your ways.
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Remember now, who was innocent that perished, and where were the upright destroyed?
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As I have seen, those who plow violence and sow mischief will reap it.
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From the breath of God they will perish, and from the wind of His nostrils they will be destroyed.
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The roar of an old lion, the voice of a young lion, and the teeth of lion cubs were misled.
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A lion perishes without prey, and the young of the lion will scatter.
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Now a word was conveyed secretly to me, and my ear grasped a bit of it.
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In the thoughts of the visions of night, when slumber falls on people,
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terror and quaking befell me, and He frightened most of my bones.
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And a spirit passed by my face; it made the hair of my flesh stand on end.
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It was standing, but I did not recognize its appearance, this image before my eyes; I heard a faint voice.
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Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or can a man be purer than his Maker?
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Behold, He does not trust His servants and He casts reproach upon His angels.
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Surely those who dwell in mud houses, whose foundation is in dust; they crush them before the worms.
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From morning to evening they are crushed without giving [a thought]; they perish to eternity.
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Their haughtiness, which is absorbed within them-does it not leave [them]? They die, and not with wisdom.
