Job 4

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

1Then Eliphaz, the Themanite, answered, and said:

2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

2If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

2If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill; but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?

3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

3Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

3Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:

4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.

4Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:

5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

5But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

5But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: It hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.

6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

6Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, Andthe integrity of thy ways thy hope?

6Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?

7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?

8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

8On the contrary, I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,

9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

9By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

9Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.

10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions, are broken:

11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

11The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.

12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.

12Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth, as it were, received the veins of its whisper.

13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

13In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,

13In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,

14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

14Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake.

14Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:

15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

15Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.

15And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.

16It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

16It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There wassilence, and I heard a voice, saying,

16There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice, as it were, of a gentle wind.

17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

17Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?

18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

18Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:

18Behold, they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:

19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

19How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?

20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

20Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.

20From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.

21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

21And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.