Job 4:1-9 ▼

1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

2 If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

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

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

5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; It toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted.

6 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, And thy hope the integrity of thy ways?

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

8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same.

9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger are they consumed.