Job 4

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:

2 If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

“Has one tried a word with you? You are weary! And who is able to keep in words?

3 Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;

Behold, you have instructed many, And feeble hands you make strong.

4 He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.

Your words raise up the stumbling one, And you strengthen bowing knees.

5 But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.

But now, it comes to you, And you are weary; It strikes to you, and you are troubled.

6 Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

Is your reverence not your confidence? Your hope—the perfection of your ways?

7 Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

Now remember, Who, being innocent, has perished? And where have the upright been cut off?

8 What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

As I have seen—plowers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

9 By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.

10 Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

11 The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness separate.

12 A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.

And a thing is secretly brought to me, And my ear receives a little of it.

13 In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,

In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,

14 Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;

Fear has met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.

15 And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:

And a spirit passes before my face, The hair of my flesh stands up;

16 Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

It stands, and I do not discern its aspect, A likeness [is] before my eyes, Silence! And I hear a voice:

17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker?

18 Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;

Behold, He puts no credence in His servants, Nor sets praise in His messengers.

19 How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

Also—the inhabitants of houses of clay (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth).

20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, they perish forever.

21 If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

Has their excellence not been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!”