1. But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:
2. If we start to speak to you, perhaps you will take it badly, but who can hold back the words he has conceived?
3. Behold, you have taught many, and you have strengthened weary hands.
4. Your words have reassured the wavering, and you have fortified the trembling knees.
5. But now the scourge has overcome you, and you falter. It has touched you, and you are disturbed.
6. Where is your reverence, your fortitude, your patience, and the perfection of your ways?