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Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said

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If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? 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 strengthened the feeble knees

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But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; it toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted

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Is not thy fear of G-d thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways

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Remember, I pray thee, who 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 mischief, reap the same

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By the breath of G-d they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed

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The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth--yet 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 word 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, and all my bones were made to shake

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Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up

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It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice

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'Shall mortal man be just before G-d? Shall a man be pure before 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, who are crushed before the moth

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Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; 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.