1Eliphaz the Temanite stepped up and was like,

2If we vibe and chat, you gonna be mad? But for real, who can keep quiet?

3Yo, you’ve schooled a lot of peeps and lifted up the weak ones.

4Your words have saved those who were down, and you’ve boosted the shaky knees.

5But now it’s hitting you, and you’re all stressed; it’s got you feeling some type of way.

6Isn’t this your fear, your trust, your hope, and your straight-up ways?

7Just think, who’s ever gone down when they were innocent? Where have the good folks been cut off?

8From what I’ve seen, those who sow bad vibes, they get that same energy back.

9They get wrecked by God’s power, and His breath just wipes them out.

10The lion’s roar, the fierce lion’s voice, and the young lions’ teeth are all broken.

11The old lion’s out here starving, and the strong lion’s cubs are scattered.

12I got a secret dropped on me, and my ears caught a little of it.

13When the night hits and deep sleep rolls in, I was trippin’ on thoughts.

14Fear hit me hard, and I was shaking like a leaf.

15Then a spirit cruised by my face; my skin was on edge.

16It was chillin’, but I couldn’t see what it was: just a vibe in front of me, and I heard a voice say,

17Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a dude be cleaner than his creator?

18For real, He doesn’t even trust His angels; He calls them out on their mess.

19How much less those living in clay houses, built on dust, crushed like nothing?

20They’re done from dawn to dusk: they fade out for good without anyone noticing.

21Doesn’t their greatness just dip? They’re gone, and it’s all without wisdom.

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

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

4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

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

6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

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

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

10The roaring 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 stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

16It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.