Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —
2 "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
Hath one tried a word with thee? — Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?
3 Look, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.
4 Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.
The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.
5 But now it is come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Isn't your piety your confidence? Isn't the integrity of your ways your hope?
Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope — the perfection of thy ways?
7 "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
8 According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
As I have seen — ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
9 By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, 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. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.
12 "Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear 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 shake.
Fear hath 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 before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;
16 It stood still, but I couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude [is] over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:
17 'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?
18 Look, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'
19 How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who 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 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.
21 Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!
