Job 4:1-11

1And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

2If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?

3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;

4Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:

5But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

6Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?

7Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

8Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.

9By the breath of 1God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.

10The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;

11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.