Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
2 If we assay to commune with you, will you be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
“Has one tried a word with you? You are weary! And who is able to keep in words?
3 Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
Behold, you have instructed many, And feeble hands you make strong.
4 Your words have upheld him that was falling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees.
Your words raise up the stumbling one, And you strengthen bowing knees.
5 But now it is come on you, and you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled.
But now, it comes to you, And you are weary; It strikes to you, and you are troubled.
6 Is not this your fear, your confidence, your hope, and the uprightness of your ways?
Is your reverence not your confidence? Your hope—the perfection of your ways?
7 Remember, I pray you, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Now remember, Who, being innocent, has perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
As I have seen—plowers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and 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 perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness separate.
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little thereof.
And a thing is secretly brought to me, And my ear receives a little of it.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
14 Fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Fear has met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
And a spirit passes before my face, The hair of my flesh stands up;
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
It stands, and I do not discern its aspect, A likeness [is] before my eyes, Silence! And I hear a voice:
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker?
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
Behold, He puts no credence in His servants, Nor sets praise in His messengers.
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Also—the inhabitants of houses of clay (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth).
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, they perish forever.
21 Does not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Has their excellence not been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!”
