Job 4

1And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,● 2If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?● 3Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;● 4He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.● 5But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.● 6Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?● 7Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?● 8What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.● 9By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.● 10Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.● 11The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.● 12A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.● 13In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,● 14Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;● 15And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:● 16Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:● 17May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?● 18Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;● 19How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;● 20Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.● 21If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?●