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