Job 4

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,● 2{If} we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? {to...: Heb. a word} {withhold...: Heb. refrain from words?}● 3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.● 4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.● 5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.● 6{Is} not {this} thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?● 7Remember, I pray thee, who {ever} perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?● 8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.● 9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. {by the breath...: that is, by his anger}● 10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.● 11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.● 12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. {secretly: Heb. by stealth}● 13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,● 14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. {came...: Heb. met} {all: Heb. the multitude of}● 15Then a spirit passed before my face; 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}, {there...: or, I heard a still voice}● 17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?● 18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: {and his...: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light}● 19How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?● 20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding {it}. {destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces}● 21Doth not their excellency {which is} in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.●