Job 4
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Holman Christian Standard BibleNew American Standard Bible 1995
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2Should anyone try to speak with you when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking? 2"If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
3Indeed, you have instructed many and have strengthened weak hands. 3"Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.
4Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling and braced the knees that were buckling. 4"Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees.
5But now that this has happened to you, you have become exhausted. It strikes you, and you are dismayed. 5"But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed.
6Isn't your piety your confidence, and the integrity of your life your hope? 6"Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?
7Consider: who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed? 7"Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?
8In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same. 8"According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.
9They perish at a single blast from God and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils. 9"By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
10The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl, but the fangs of young lions are broken. 10"The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11The strong lion dies if it catches no prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. 11"The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
12A word was brought to me in secret; my ears caught a whisper of it. 12"Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.
13Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep descends on men, 13"Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shake. 14Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake.
15A wind passed by me, and I shuddered with fear. 15"Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up.
16A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a quiet voice: 16"It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice:
17"Can a person be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?" 17'Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
18If God puts no trust in His servants and He charges His angels with foolishness, 18'He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error.
19how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth! 19'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices. 20'Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever.
21Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom. 21'Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.'
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