| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: | 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered: |
| 2“If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking? | 2"If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking? |
| 3Surely you have instructed many, And you have strengthened weak hands. | 3Look, you have instructed many; you have strengthened feeble hands. |
| 4Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, And you have strengthened the feeble knees; | 4Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way. |
| 5But now it comes upon you, and you are weary; It touches you, and you are troubled. | 5But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified. |
| 6Is not your reverence your confidence? And the integrity of your ways your hope? | 6Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope? |
| 7“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off? | 7Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed? |
| 8Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same. | 8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. |
| 9By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of His anger they are consumed. | 9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed. |
| 10The roaring of the lion, The voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken. | 10There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken. |
| 11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, And the cubs of the lioness are scattered. | 11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. |
| 12“Now a word was secretly brought to me, And my ear received a whisper of it. | 12"Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it. |
| 13In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, | 13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men, |
| 14Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones shake. | 14a trembling gripped me--and a terror!--and made all my bones shake. |
| 15Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair on my body stood up. | 15Then a breath of air passes by my face; it makes the hair of my flesh stand up. |
| 16It stood still, But I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; There was silence; Then I heard a voice saying: | 16It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice: |
| 17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? | 17"Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator? |
| 18If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error, | 18If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels, |
| 19How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before a moth? | 19how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth? |
| 20They are broken in pieces from morning till evening; They perish forever, with no one regarding. | 20They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it. |
| 21Does not their own excellence go away? They die, even without wisdom.’ | 21Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom. |
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