Job 4
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1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?2Should anyone try to speak with you when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking?
3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.3Indeed, you have instructed many and have strengthened weak hands.
4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.4Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling and braced the knees that were buckling.
5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.5But now that this has happened to you, you have become exhausted. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?6Isn't your piety your confidence, and the integrity of your life your hope?
7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?7Consider: who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?
8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.8In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same.
9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.9They perish at a single blast from God and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils.
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.10The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl, but the fangs of young lions are broken.
11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.11The strong lion dies if it catches no prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.12A word was brought to me in secret; my ears caught a whisper of it.
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,13Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep descends on men,
14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shake.
15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:15A wind passed by me, and I shuddered with fear.
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,16A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a quiet voice:
17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?17"Can a person be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?"
18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:18If God puts no trust in His servants and He charges His angels with foolishness,
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 clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth!
20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices.
21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.21Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom.
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