1. Then Eliphaz from Teman replied ⌊to Job⌋,
2. “If someone tries to talk to you, will you become impatient?But who can keep from talking?
3. Certainly, you have instructed many people:When hands were weak, you made them strong.
4. When someone stumbled, you lifted him up with your words.When knees were weak, you gave them strength.
5. But trouble comes to you, and you’re impatient.It touches you, and you panic.
6. Doesn’t your fear of God give you confidenceand your lifetime of integrity give you hope?
7. “Now think about this:Which innocent person ⌊ever⌋ died ⌊an untimely death⌋?Find me a decent person who has been destroyed.
8. Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery,they gathered its harvest.
9. God destroys them with his breathand kills them with a blast of his anger.
10. Though the roar of the lionand the growl of the ferocious lion ⌊is loud⌋,the young lions have had their teeth knocked out.