Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?
“Has one tried a word with you? You are weary! And who is able to keep in words?
3 Behold, thou hast taught many, and hast strengthened the wearie hands.
Behold, you have instructed many, And feeble hands you make strong.
4 Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the weake knees.
Your words raise up the stumbling one, And you strengthen bowing knees.
5 But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
But now, it comes to you, And you are weary; It strikes to you, and you are troubled.
6 Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy pacience, and the vprightnesse of thy wayes?
Is your reverence not your confidence? Your hope—the perfection of your ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee: who euer perished, being an innocent? or where were the vpright destroyed?
Now remember, Who, being innocent, has perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
8 As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.
As I have seen—plowers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
9 With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.
From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
10 The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, and the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.
The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.
11 The Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the Lyons whelpes are scattered abroade.
An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness separate.
12 But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.
And a thing is secretly brought to me, And my ear receives a little of it.
13 In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,
In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
14 Feare came vpon me, and dread which made all my bones to tremble.
Fear has met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.
15 And the wind passed before me, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp.
And a spirit passes before my face, The hair of my flesh stands up;
16 Then stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying,
It stands, and I do not discern its aspect, A likeness [is] before my eyes, Silence! And I hear a voice:
17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?
Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker?
18 Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Seruants, and laid follie vpon his Angels.
Behold, He puts no credence in His servants, Nor sets praise in His messengers.
19 Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?
Also—the inhabitants of houses of clay (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth).
20 They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.
From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, they perish forever.
21 Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, and that without wisdom?
Has their excellence not been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!”
