Job 4
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 If we essay to address a word to thee, wilt thou be wearied? yet who is able to refrain from speaking?
If we try to speak with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can restrain from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast [ere this] corrected many, and weak hands thou wast wont to strengthen.
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4 Him that stumbled thy words used to uphold, and to sinking knees thou gavest vigor.
Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
5 Yet now, when it cometh to thee, thou art wearied: it toucheth even thee, and thou art terrified.
But now it hath come upon thee, and thou faintest; 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 fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous destroyed?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
8 Even as I have seen, that those who plough wrong-doing, and sow trouble, have to reap the same.
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9 Before the breathing of God they perish, and before the breath of his nostrils they come to their end.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they 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 the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness have to scatter themselves abroad.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
12 But to me a word came by stealth, and my ear took in a scarcely perceptible whisper thereof.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.
13 In intense thoughts out of visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14 Dread came over me, with trembling, and it caused all my bones to shudder.
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Then flitted a spirit past before my face; the hair of my body stood up:
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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,
It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17 Can a mortal be more righteous than God? or can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18 Behold, in his servants he putteth no trust, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
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?
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?
20 From morning to evening are they broken to pieces: without laying it [to heart] they perish for ever.
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Behold, their excellency which is in them is torn away: they die, and this without wisdom.
Doth not their excellency which is in them depart? they die, even without wisdom.
