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1. Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
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1. Then Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489 answered H6030 and said H559 ,
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2. Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words?
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2. If we attempt to commune H5254 H1697 with H413 thee , wilt thou be grieved H3811 ? but who H4310 can H3201 withhold H6113 himself from speaking H4405 ?
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3. For whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one,
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3. Behold H2009 , thou hast instructed H3256 many H7227 , and thou hast strengthened H2388 the weak H7504 hands H3027 .
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4. and hast supported the failing with words, and hast imparted courage to feeble knees.
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4. Thy words H4405 have upheld H6965 him that was falling H3782 , and thou hast strengthened H553 the feeble H3766 knees H1290 .
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5. Yet now that pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled.
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5. But H3588 now H6258 it is come H935 upon H413 thee , and thou faintest H3811 ; it toucheth H5060 H5704 thee , and thou art troubled H926 .
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6. Is not thy fear founded in folly, thy hope also, and the One MS. gives akakia, «guilelessness’ mischief of thy way?
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6. Is not H3808 this thy fear H3374 , thy confidence H3690 , thy hope H8615 , and the uprightness H8537 of thy ways H1870 ?
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7. Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?
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7. Remember H2142 , I pray thee H4994 , who H4310 ever perished H6 , being innocent H5355 ? or where H375 were the righteous H3477 cut off H3582 ?
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8. Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.
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8. Even as H834 I have seen H7200 , they that plow H2790 iniquity H205 , and sow H2232 wickedness H5999 , reap H7114 the same.
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9. They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.
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9. By the blast H4480 H5397 of God H433 they perish H6 , and by the breath H4480 H7307 of his nostrils H639 are they consumed H3615 .
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10. The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.
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10. The roaring H7581 of the lion H738 , and the voice H6963 of the fierce lion H7826 , and the teeth H8127 of the young lions H3715 , are broken H5421 .
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11. The Gr. ant-lion old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions’ whelps have forsaken one another.
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11. The old lion H3918 perisheth H6 for lack H4480 H1097 of prey H2964 , and the stout lion H3833 's whelps H1121 are scattered abroad H6504 .
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12. But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him?
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12. Now a thing H1697 was secretly brought H1589 to H413 me , and mine ear H241 received H3947 a little H8102 thereof H4480 .
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13. But as when terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night,
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13. In thoughts H5587 from the visions H4480 H2384 of the night H3915 , when deep sleep H8639 falleth H5307 on H5921 men H376 ,
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14. horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.
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14. Fear H6343 came upon H7122 me , and trembling H7460 , which made all H7230 my bones H6106 to shake H6342 .
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15. And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered.
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15. Then a spirit H7307 passed H2498 before H5921 my face H6440 ; the hair H8185 of my flesh H1320 stood up H5568 :
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16. I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there, was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, saying,
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16. It stood still H5975 , but I could not H3808 discern H5234 the form H4758 thereof : an image H8544 was before H5048 mine eyes H5869 , there was silence H1827 , and I heard H8085 a voice H6963 , saying ,
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17. What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works?
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17. Shall mortal man H582 be more just than God H6663 H4480 H433 ? shall a man H1397 be more pure H2891 than his maker H4480 H6213 ?
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18. Whereas he trust not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels.
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18. Behold H2005 , he put no trust H539 H3808 in his servants H5650 ; and his angels H4397 he charged H7760 with folly H8417 :
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19. But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth.
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19. How much less H637 in them that dwell in H7931 houses H1004 of clay H2563 , whose H834 foundation H3247 is in the dust H6083 , which are crushed H1792 before H6440 the moth H6211 ?
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20. And from the morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves.
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20. They are destroyed H3807 from morning H4480 H1242 to evening H6153 : they perish H6 forever H5331 without any H4480 H1097 regarding H7760 it .
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21. For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom.
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21. Doth not H3808 their excellency H3499 which is in them go away H5265 ? they die H4191 , even without H3808 wisdom H2451 .
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