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