Job 4
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
2 If we essay to address a word to thee, wilt thou be wearied? yet who is able to refrain from speaking?
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast [ere this] corrected many, and weak hands thou wast wont to strengthen.
Behold, thou hast taught many, and hast strengthened the wearie hands.
4 Him that stumbled thy words used to uphold, and to sinking knees thou gavest vigor.
Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the weake knees.
5 Yet now, when it cometh to thee, thou art wearied: it toucheth even thee, and thou art terrified.
But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Is not then thy fear of God still thy confidence, thy hope equal to the integrity of thy ways?
Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy pacience, and the vprightnesse of thy wayes?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous destroyed?
Remember, I pray thee: who euer perished, being an innocent? or where were the vpright destroyed?
8 Even as I have seen, that those who plough wrong-doing, and sow trouble, have to reap the same.
As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.
9 Before the breathing of God they perish, and before the breath of his nostrils they come to their end.
With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.
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 the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, and the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness have to scatter themselves abroad.
The Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the Lyons whelpes are scattered abroade.
12 But to me a word came by stealth, and my ear took in a scarcely perceptible whisper thereof.
But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.
13 In intense thoughts out of visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:
In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,
14 Dread came over me, with trembling, and it caused all my bones to shudder.
Feare came vpon me, and dread which made all my bones to tremble.
15 Then flitted a spirit past before my face; the hair of my body stood up:
And the wind passed before me, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp.
16 It stood still, but I could not recognize its form; a figure was before my eyes, a slight whisper, then a [louder] voice I heard, saying,
Then stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying,
17 Can a mortal be more righteous than God? or can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?
18 Behold, in his servants he putteth no trust, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Seruants, and laid follie vpon his Angels.
19 How much less in those that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed till they come to be eaten by the moth?
Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?
20 From morning to evening are they broken to pieces: without laying it [to heart] they perish for ever.
They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.
21 Behold, their excellency which is in them is torn away: they die, and this without wisdom.
Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, and that without wisdom?
