Post by 13asCD…7vtm

Remember, I pray thee, who {ever} perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

{Is} not {this} thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. {by the breath...: that is, by his anger}

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. {secretly: Heb. by stealth}

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. {came...: Heb. met} {all: Heb. the multitude of}

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

Doth not their excellency {which is} in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: {and his...: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light}

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding {it}. {destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces}

It 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}, {there...: or, I heard a still voice}