Job 4:1-11

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

2“If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

3Surely you have instructed many, And you have strengthened weak hands.

4Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, And you have strengthened the feeble knees;

5But now it comes upon you, and you are weary; It touches you, and you are troubled.

6Is not your reverence your confidence? And the integrity of your ways your hope?

7“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off?

8Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same.

9By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath 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.

11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.