| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, | 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: |
| 2"If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking? | 2Should anyone try to speak with you when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking? |
| 3"Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands. | 3Indeed, you have instructed many and have strengthened weak hands. |
| 4"Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees. | 4Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling and braced the knees that were buckling. |
| 5"But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed. | 5But now that this has happened to you, you have become exhausted. It strikes you, and you are dismayed. |
| 6"Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope? | 6Isn't your piety your confidence, and the integrity of your life your hope? |
| 7"Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed? | 7Consider: who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed? |
| 8"According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it. | 8In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same. |
| 9"By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end. | 9They perish at a single blast from God and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils. |
| 10"The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken. | 10The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl, but the fangs of young lions are broken. |
| 11"The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered. | 11The strong lion dies if it catches no prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. |
| 12"Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it. | 12A word was brought to me in secret; my ears caught a whisper of it. |
| 13"Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, | 13Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep descends on men, |
| 14Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake. | 14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shake. |
| 15"Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up. | 15A wind passed by me, and I shuddered with fear. |
| 16"It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: | 16A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a quiet voice: |
| 17'Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? | 17"Can a person be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?" |
| 18'He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error. | 18If God puts no trust in His servants and He charges His angels with foolishness, |
| 19'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! | 19how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth! |
| 20'Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever. | 20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices. |
| 21'Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.' | 21Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom. |
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