4 Then Eliphaz the Temani answered and said,

² If we attempt a davar with thee, wilt thou be offended? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

³ Hinei, thou hast instructed rabbim (many), and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

⁴ Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble birkayim (knees).

⁵ But atah (now) it is come upon thee, and thou art impatient; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

⁶ Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy tikveh, and the blamelessness of thy ways?

⁷ Consider now, who ever perished, being naki (innocent)? Or where were the yesharim (upright ones) cut off?

⁸ Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow amal (trouble), reap the same.

⁹ By the neshamah (breath) of Eloah they perish, and by the ruach of His nostrils are they consumed.

¹⁰ The roaring of the aryeh, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

¹¹ The old lion perisheth for lack of teref (prey), and the stout lion’s cubs are scattered.

¹² Now a davar was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

¹³ In thoughts from the chezyonot lailah, when tardemah (deep sleep) falleth on anashim,

¹⁴ Pachad came upon me, and trembling, which made all my atzmot to shake.

¹⁵ Then a ruach passed before my face; the hair of my basar stood up;

¹⁶ It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a temunah (form) was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

¹⁷ Shall enosh (mortal man) be more righteous than Eloah? Shall a man be more tahor than his Maker?

¹⁸ Behold, He puts no trust in His avadim, and His malachim (angels) He charged with toholah (error).

¹⁹ How much more them that dwell in batim (houses) of clay, whose yesod (foundation, origin) is in the dust, which are crushed like the moth?

²⁰ They are destroyed from boker to erev; they perish forever without any regarding it.

²¹ Is not the cord of their tent which is in them pulled up? They die, even without chochmah (wisdom).