Eliphaz Begins His Counsel

Job 4:1-6

Then Eliphaz, the Themanite, answered, and said:

If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill; but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?

Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:

Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:

But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: It hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.

Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?