Job 4
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| Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, |
| If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking? |
| Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands. |
| Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees. |
| But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. |
| Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [And] the integrity of thy ways thy hope? |
| Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? |
| According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same. |
| By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed. |
| The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken. |
| The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. |
| Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof. |
| In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, |
| Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. |
| Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up. |
| It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying], |
| Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? |
| Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly: |
| How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! |
| Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it. |
| Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom. |
