1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2. "If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
3. "Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.
4. "Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees.
5. "But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed.
6. "Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?
7. "Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?
8. "According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.
9. "By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
10. "The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11. "The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.