Job 4
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: |
| 2 | If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking? |
| 3 | Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands. |
| 4 | Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. |
| 5 | But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; It toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted. |
| 6 | Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, And thy hope the integrity of thy ways? |
| 7 | Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? |
| 8 | According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same. |
| 9 | By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger are they consumed. |
| 10 | The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth— Yet the teeth of the young lions are broken. |
| 11 | The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. |
| 12 | Now a word was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof. |
| 13 | In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, |
| 14 | Fear came upon me, and trembling, And all my bones were made to shake. . |
| 15 | Then a spirit passed before my face, That made the hair of my flesh to stand up. |
| 16 | It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice: |
| 17 | ’Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker? |
| 18 | Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, And His angels He chargeth with folly; |
| 19 | How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth! |
| 20 | Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; They perish for ever without any regarding it. |
| 21 | Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’ |