| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: | 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: |
| 2Should anyone try to speak with you when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking? | 2Should anyone try to speak with you when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking? |
| 3Indeed, you have instructed many and have strengthened weak hands. | 3Indeed, you have instructed many and have strengthened weak hands. |
| 4Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling and braced the knees that were buckling. | 4Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling and braced the knees that were buckling. |
| 5But now that this has happened to you, you have become exhausted. It strikes you, and you are dismayed. | 5But now that this has happened to you, you have become exhausted. It strikes you, and you are dismayed. |
| 6Isn't your piety your confidence, and the integrity of your life your hope? | 6Isn't your piety your confidence, and the integrity of your life your hope? |
| 7Consider: who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed? | 7Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed? |
| 8In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same. | 8In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same. |
| 9They perish at a single blast from God and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils. | 9They perish at a single blast from God and come to an end by the breath of his nostrils. |
| 10The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl, but the fangs of young lions are broken. | 10The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl, but the teeth of young lions are broken. |
| 11The strong lion dies if it catches no prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. | 11The strong lion dies if it catches no prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. |
| 12A word was brought to me in secret; my ears caught a whisper of it. | 12A word was brought to me in secret; my ears caught a whisper of it. |
| 13Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep descends on men, | 13Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep comes over men, |
| 14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shake. | 14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shake. |
| 15A wind passed by me, and I shuddered with fear. | 15I felt a draft on my face, and the hair on my body stood up. |
| 16A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a quiet voice: | 16A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a whispering voice: |
| 17"Can a person be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?" | 17"Can a mortal be righteous before God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?" |
| 18If God puts no trust in His servants and He charges His angels with foolishness, | 18If God puts no trust in his servants and he charges his angels with foolishness, |
| 19how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth! | 19how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth! |
| 20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices. | 20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices. |
| 21Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom. | 21Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom. |
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