1. Then Eliphaz the Temani answered and said,
2. If we attempt a davar with thee, wilt thou be offended? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3. Hinei, thou hast instructed rabbim (many), and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4. Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble birkayim (knees).
5. But atah (now) it is come upon thee, and thou art impatient; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6. Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy tikveh, and the blamelessness of thy ways?
7. Consider now, who ever perished, being naki (innocent)? Or where were the yesharim (upright ones) cut off?
8. Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow amal (trouble), reap the same.
9. By the neshamah (breath) of Eloah they perish, and by the ruach of His nostrils are they consumed.