Job 4
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1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,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?2“If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? Yet who can keep from speaking?
3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.3Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.4Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees.
5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.5But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?6Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?
7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?7“Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.10The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, 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.11The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.12“Now a word was brought to me stealthily; my ear received the whisper of it.
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,13Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.14dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:15A spirit glided past 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,16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice:
17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?17‘Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:18Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error;
19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.
20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.20Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’
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