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Then Eliphaz (the) Temanite answered, and said,

If we begin to speak to thee, in hap thou shalt take it heavily (perhaps thou shalt take it personally); but who may hold (back) a word (once) conceived?

Lo! thou hast taught full many men, and thou hast strengthened hands made faint.

Thy words have confirmed men doubting, and thou hast comforted knees trembling. (Thy words have confirmed men who were doubting, and thou hast strengthened trembling knees.)

But now a wound is come upon thee, and thou hast failed, (or fainted); it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.

Where is thy dread (Where is thy fear/Where is thy reverence), thy strength, and thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?

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