Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
2 If anyone tries to speak with you, will you be impatient? But who can stop himself from speaking?
“Has one tried a word with you? You are weary! And who is able to keep in words?
3 See, you have instructed many; you have strengthened weak hands.
Behold, you have instructed many, And feeble hands you make strong.
4 Your words have supported him who was falling; you have made feeble knees firm.
Your words raise up the stumbling one, And you strengthen bowing knees.
5 But now trouble has come to you, and you are weary; it touches you, and you are troubled.
But now, it comes to you, And you are weary; It strikes to you, and you are troubled.
6 Is not your fear your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?
Is your reverence not your confidence? Your hope—the perfection of your ways?
7 Think about this, please: Who has ever perished when innocent? Or when were the upright people ever cut off?
Now remember, Who, being innocent, has perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
8 According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap it.
As I have seen—plowers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
9 By the breath of God they perish; by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions—they 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 victims; the cubs of the lioness are scattered everywhere.
An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness separate.
12 Now a certain matter was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper about it.
And a thing is secretly brought to me, And my ear receives a little of it.
13 Then came thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on people.
In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
14 It was at night when fear and trembling came upon me, and all my bones shook.
Fear has met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face, and the hair of my flesh stood up.
And a spirit passes before my face, The hair of my flesh stands up;
16 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,
It stands, and I do not discern its aspect, A likeness [is] before my eyes, Silence! And I hear a voice:
17 “Can a mortal man be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker?
18 See, if God puts no trust in his servants; if he accuses his angels of folly,
Behold, He puts no credence in His servants, Nor sets praise in His messengers.
19 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?
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 anyone noticing them.
From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, they perish forever.
21 Are not their tent cords plucked up among them? They die; they die without wisdom.
Has their excellence not been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!”
