| New Living Translation | New Living Translation |
| 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job: | 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job: |
| 2“Will you be patient and let me say a word? For who could keep from speaking out? | 2“Will you be patient and let me say a word? For who could keep from speaking out? |
| 3“In the past you have encouraged many people; you have strengthened those who were weak. | 3“In the past you have encouraged many people; you have strengthened those who were weak. |
| 4Your words have supported those who were falling; you encouraged those with shaky knees. | 4Your words have supported those who were falling; you encouraged those with shaky knees. |
| 5But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart. You are terrified when it touches you. | 5But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart. You are terrified when it touches you. |
| 6Doesn’t your reverence for God give you confidence? Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope? | 6Doesn’t your reverence for God give you confidence? Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope? |
| 7“Stop and think! Do the innocent die? When have the upright been destroyed? | 7“Stop and think! Do the innocent die? When have the upright been destroyed? |
| 8My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same. | 8My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same. |
| 9A breath from God destroys them. They vanish in a blast of his anger. | 9A breath from God destroys them. They vanish in a blast of his anger. |
| 10The lion roars and the wildcat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken. | 10The lion roars and the wildcat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken. |
| 11The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered. | 11The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered. |
| 12“This truth was given to me in secret, as though whispered in my ear. | 12“This truth was given to me in secret, as though whispered in my ear. |
| 13It came to me in a disturbing vision at night, when people are in a deep sleep. | 13It came to me in a disturbing vision at night, when people are in a deep sleep. |
| 14Fear gripped me, and my bones trembled. | 14Fear gripped me, and my bones trembled. |
| 15A spirit swept past my face, and my hair stood on end. | 15A spirit swept past my face, and my hair stood on end. |
| 16The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape. There was a form before my eyes. In the silence I heard a voice say, | 16The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape. There was a form before my eyes. In the silence I heard a voice say, |
| 17‘Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’ | 17‘Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’ |
| 18“If God does not trust his own angels and has charged his messengers with foolishness, | 18“If God does not trust his own angels and has charged his messengers with foolishness, |
| 19how much less will he trust people made of clay! They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth. | 19how much less will he trust people made of clay! They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth. |
| 20They are alive in the morning but dead by evening, gone forever without a trace. | 20They are alive in the morning but dead by evening, gone forever without a trace. |
| 21Their tent-cords are pulled and the tent collapses, and they die in ignorance. | 21Their tent-cords are pulled and the tent collapses, and they die in ignorance. |
| Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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