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 anyone tries to speak with you, will you be impatient? But who can stop himself from speaking?
3 Behold, you have instructed many, And feeble hands you make strong.
See, you have instructed many; you have strengthened weak hands.
4 Your words raise up the stumbling one, And you strengthen bowing knees.
Your words have supported him who was falling; you have made feeble knees firm.
5 But now, it comes to you, And you are weary; It strikes to you, and you are troubled.
But now trouble has come to you, and you are weary; it touches you, and you are troubled.
6 Is your reverence not your confidence? Your hope—the perfection of your ways?
Is not your fear your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 Now remember, Who, being innocent, has perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
Think about this, please: Who has ever perished when innocent? Or when were the upright people ever cut off?
8 As I have seen—plowers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap it.
9 From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
By the breath of God they perish; 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, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions—they are broken.
11 An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness separate.
The old lion perishes for lack of victims; the cubs of the lioness are scattered everywhere.
12 And a thing is secretly brought to me, And my ear receives a little of it.
Now a certain matter was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper about it.
13 In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
Then came thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on people.
14 Fear has met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.
It was at night when fear and trembling came upon me, and all my bones shook.
15 And a spirit passes before my face, The hair of my flesh stands up;
Then a spirit passed before my face, and 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:
The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice that said,
17 Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker?
“Can a mortal man be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Behold, He puts no credence in His servants, Nor sets praise in His messengers.
See, if God puts no trust in his servants; if he accuses his angels of folly,
19 Also—the inhabitants of houses of clay (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth).
how much more is this true of those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed sooner than a 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 anyone noticing them.
21 Has their excellence not been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!”
Are not their tent cords plucked up among them? They die; they die without wisdom.
