Job 4:1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, |
Job 4:2 |
If one attempts a word with you, will you be wearied [by it?] / But who can refrain from speaking? |
Job 4:3 |
Indeed, you have instructed many, / And you have strengthened the weak hands. |
Job 4:4 |
Your words have raised up him who was stumbling, / And you have made the bowing knees firm. |
Job 4:5 |
But now it comes to you, and you are wearied [by it;] / It touches you, and you are disturbed. |
Job 4:6 |
Is not your fear [of God] your confidence, / And the integrity of your ways your hope? |
Job 4:7 |
Remember now, who, being innocent, has [ever] perished? / And where have the upright [ever] been cut off? |
Job 4:8 |
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity / And those who sow trouble reap the same. |
Job 4:9 |
By the breath of God they perish, / And by the blast of His anger they are consumed. |
Job 4:10 |
The roaring of the lion and the sound of the fierce lion / And the teeth of the young lions are broken; |
Job 4:11 |
The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, / And the whelps of the lioness are scattered. |
Job 4:12 |
But a matter has stolen in unto me, / And my ear has received a whisper of it. |
Job 4:13 |
In perplexing thoughts of the night visions, / When deep sleep falls upon men, |
Job 4:14 |
Dread came upon me, and trembling, / And caused all my bones to dread. |
Job 4:15 |
And a spirit passed before my face; / The hair of my flesh bristled. |
Job 4:16 |
It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; / A form [stood] before my eyes; / I heard a murmur of a voice: |
Job 4:17 |
Can a mortal man be more righteous than God? / Can a man be purer than his Maker? |
Job 4:18 |
If He puts no trust in His servants, / And He charges His angels with error, |
Job 4:19 |
How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, / Whose foundation is in dust, / Who are crushed like a moth! |
Job 4:20 |
From morning to evening they are smashed to pieces; / Without any considering [it,] they continually perish. |
Job 4:21 |
Should their tent cord be plucked up within them, / They die, and not in wisdom. |