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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved?
    But who can withhold himself from speaking?
Behold, you have instructed many,
    you have strengthened the weak hands.
Your words have supported him who was falling,
    You have made the feeble knees firm.
But now it has come to you, and you faint.
    It touches you, and you are troubled.
Isn’t your piety your confidence?
    Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?

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Eliphaz’s First Response to Job

Then[a] Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

If someone would test a word with you, would you be offended?
But[b] who can refrain from speaking?
Look, you have instructed many,
and you have strengthened weak hands.
Your words have raised up the one who stumbles,
and you have strengthened knees giving way.
But now it has come to you, and you are worn out;
it touches you, and you are horrified.
Is not your fear in God your confidence?
Is not your hope even[c] the integrity of your ways?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 4:2 Hebrew “And”
  3. Job 4:6 Hebrew “and”