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