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| Job 4:1 | Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, | And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said, | | Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said: |
| Job 4:2 | If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking? | If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind? | | If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived? |
| Job 4:3 | Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands. | Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong; | | Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands: |
| Job 4:4 | Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees. | He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees. | | Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees: |
| Job 4:5 | But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. | But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled. | | But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled. |
| Job 4:6 | Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [And] the integrity of thy ways thy hope? | Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope? | | Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways? |
| Job 4:7 | Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? | Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off? | | Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed? |
| Job 4:8 | According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same. | What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves. | | On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them, |
| Job 4:9 | By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed. | By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off. | | Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath. |
| Job 4:10 | The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken. | Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken. | | The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken: |
| Job 4:11 | The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. | The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions. | | The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad. |
| Job 4:12 | Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof. | A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears. | | Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper. |
| Job 4:13 | In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, | In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, | | In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men, |
| Job 4:14 | Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. | Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble; | | Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted: |
| Job 4:15 | Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up. | And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff: | | And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up. |
| Job 4:16 | It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying], | Something 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: | | There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind: |
| Job 4:17 | Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? | May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker? | | Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker? |
| Job 4:18 | Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly: | Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels; | | Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness: |
| Job 4:19 | How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! | How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect; | | How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth? |
| Job 4:20 | Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it. | Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note. | | From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever. |
| Job 4:21 | Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom. | If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom? | | And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom. |
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