Job 4 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able? “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? Yet who can keep from speaking? “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
3 Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong. Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
4 The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen. Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees. Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
5 But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled. But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed. But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
6 Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope -- the perfection of thy ways? Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope? Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
7 Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off? “Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off? “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
8 As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it! As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same. As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.
9 From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed. By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed. At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.
10 The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken. The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken. The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
11 An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate. The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it. “Now a word was brought to me stealthily; my ear received the whisper of it. “A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.
13 In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,
14 Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear. dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake. fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
15 And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh; A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up. A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
16 It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude is over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear: It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice: It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:
17 'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner? ‘Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.' Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error; If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,
19 Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation is in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.) how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth. how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
20 From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish. Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces; they perish forever without anyone regarding it. Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.
21 Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom! Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’ Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
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