Job 4
1 Then spake Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 If one attempt a word with thee, wilt thou be offended? But who can refrain from speaking?
[If] we essay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can refrain from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast admonished many; Thou hast strengthened feeble hands;
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4 Thy words have upheld him that was falling, And thou hast given strength to feeble knees.
Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art confounded!
But now it hath come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Is not thy fear of God thy hope, And the uprightness of thy ways thy confidence?
[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 have the righteous been cut off?
Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off;
8 According to what I have seen, they who plough iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same.
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of his nostrils they are consumed.
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 fierce lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
12 A word was once secretly brought to me, And mine ear caught a whisper thereof.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a small sound of it.
13 Amid thoughts from visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men,
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men.
14 A fear and a horror came upon me, Which made all my bones to shake.
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face, The hair of my flesh rose on end;
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
16 It stood still, but its form I could not discern; An image was before mine eyes; There was silence, and I heard a voice:
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 “Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall 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, he putteth no trust in his ministering spirits, And his angels he chargeth with frailty.
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
19 What then are they who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who crumble to pieces, as if moth-eaten!
How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [who] are crushed before the moth?
20 Between morning and evening are they destroyed; They perish for ever, and none regardeth it.
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding [it].
21 The excellency that is in them is torn away; They die before they have become wise.”
Doth not their excellence [which is] in them depart? they die, even without wisdom.
