| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, | 1In reply, Eliphaz from Teman answered: |
| 2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? | 2"Will you get offended if somebody tries to talk to you? Who can keep from speaking at a time like this? |
| 3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. | 3Look! You've admonished many people, and you've strengthened feeble hands. |
| 4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. | 4A word from you has supported those who have stumbled, and has strengthened faltering knees. |
| 5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. | 5"But now it's your turn, and you're the one who is worn out! Now it's striking you, and you're dismayed! |
| 6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? | 6"Your fear of God has been your confidence, hasn't it? The integrity of your life has been your hope, hasn't it? |
| 7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? | 7Now please think: Who has ever perished when they're innocent? Where have the upright been destroyed? |
| 8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. | 8It's been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest! |
| 9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. | 9They perish by the breath of God; they are consumed by the storm that is his anger. |
| 10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. | 10"The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken. |
| 11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. | 11Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that's when the lion cubs are scattered. |
| 12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. | 12"A message was confided to me; my ear caught a whisper of it. |
| 13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, | 13Disquieting thoughts from dreams at night; when deep sleep falls on everyone. |
| 14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. | 14A fear fell upon me, along with trembling that caused all my bones to shake in terror. |
| 15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: | 15A spirit glided past me and made the hair on my skin to bristle. |
| 16It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, | 16It remained standing, but I couldn't recognize its appearance. A form appeared before my eyes; At first there was silence, and then this voice: |
| 17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? | 17Can a mortal person be more righteous than God? Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?' |
| 18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: | 18"Indeed, since he doesn't trust his servants, since he charges his angels with error, |
| 19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? | 19how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth? |
| 20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. | 20They are defeated between morning and evening; they perish forever—and no one notices! |
| 21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom. | 21Their wealth perishes with them, doesn't it? They die, and do so without having wisdom, don't they?" |
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