Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?
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?
3 Behold, thou hast taught many, and hast strengthened the wearie hands.
Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;
4 Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the weake knees.
He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.
5 But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.
6 Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy pacience, and the vprightnesse of thy wayes?
Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?
7 Remember, I pray thee: who euer perished, being an innocent? or where were the vpright destroyed?
Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?
8 As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.
What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.
9 With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.
By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.
10 The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, and the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.
Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 The Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the Lyons whelpes are scattered abroade.
The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.
12 But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.
A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.
13 In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,
In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,
14 Feare came vpon me, and dread which made all my bones to tremble.
Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;
15 And the wind passed before me, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp.
And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:
16 Then stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying,
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:
17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?
May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?
18 Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Seruants, and laid follie vpon his Angels.
Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;
19 Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?
How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
20 They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.
Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.
21 Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, and that without wisdom?
If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?
