Job 4
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1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,1In reply, Eliphaz from Teman answered:
2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?2"Will you get offended if somebody tries to talk to you? Who can keep from speaking at a time like this?
3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.3Look! You've admonished many people, and you've strengthened feeble hands.
4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.4A word from you has supported those who have stumbled, and has strengthened faltering knees.
5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.5"But now it's your turn, and you're the one who is worn out! Now it's striking you, and you're dismayed!
6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?6"Your fear of God has been your confidence, hasn't it? The integrity of your life has been your hope, hasn't it?
7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?7Now please think: Who has ever perished when they're innocent? Where have the upright been destroyed?
8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.8It's been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest!
9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.9They perish by the breath of God; they are consumed by the storm that is his anger.
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.10"The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.
11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.11Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that's when the lion cubs are scattered.
12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.12"A message was confided to me; my ear caught a whisper of it.
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,13Disquieting thoughts from dreams at night; when deep sleep falls on everyone.
14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.14A fear fell upon me, along with trembling that caused all my bones to shake in terror.
15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:15A spirit glided past me and made the hair on my skin to bristle.
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,16It remained standing, but I couldn't recognize its appearance. A form appeared before my eyes; At first there was silence, and then this voice:
17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?17Can a mortal person be more righteous than God? Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?'
18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:18"Indeed, since he doesn't trust his servants, since he charges his angels with error,
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 less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?
20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.20They are defeated between morning and evening; they perish forever—and no one notices!
21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.21Their wealth perishes with them, doesn't it? They die, and do so without having wisdom, don't they?"
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