Job - Chapter 4 | American Standard Version

  • 1. Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
  • 2. If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? 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 made firm the feeble knees.
  • 5. But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
  • 6. Is not thy fear {cf15i of God} thy confidence, {cf15i And} the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
  • 7. Remember, I pray thee, who {cf15i ever} perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
  • 8. According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
  • 9. By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
  • 10. The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And 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 thing 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, Which made all my bones to shake.
  • 15. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.
  • 16. It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: {cf15i There was} silence, and I heard a voice, {cf15i saying},
  • 17. Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than 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 destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
  • 21. Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
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