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Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, |
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If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? |
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. |
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Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast confirmed the feeble knees. |
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But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. |
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Is not thy fear {cf15i of God} thy confidence, {cf15i and} thy hope the integrity of thy ways? |
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Remember, I pray thee, who {cf15i ever} perished, being innocent? or where were the upright cut off? |
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According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same. |
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By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger are they consumed. |
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The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. |
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The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. |
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Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof. |
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In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, |
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Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. |
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Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up. |
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It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes: {cf15i there was} silence, and I heard a voice, {cf15i saying}, |
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Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker? |
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Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; and his angels he chargeth with folly: |
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How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth! |
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Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: they perish for ever without any regarding it. |
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Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? they die, and that without wisdom. |
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