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| Job 4:1 | And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, | And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said, |
| Job 4:2 | If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain 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? |
| 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; |
| Job 4:4 | Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees: | He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees. |
| Job 4:5 | But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; 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. |
| Job 4:6 | Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope? | Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope? |
| Job 4:7 | Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and 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? |
| Job 4:8 | Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same. | What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves. |
| Job 4:9 | By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed. | By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off. |
| Job 4:10 | The roar 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. |
| Job 4:11 | The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered. | The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions. |
| Job 4:12 | Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof. | A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears. |
| Job 4:13 | In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: | In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, |
| Job 4:14 | Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake; | Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble; |
| Job 4:15 | And 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: |
| Job 4:16 | It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice: | 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: |
| Job 4:17 | Shall [mortal] man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker? | May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker? |
| Job 4:18 | Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly: | Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels; |
| Job 4:19 | How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as 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; |
| Job 4:20 | From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever. | Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note. |
| Job 4:21 | Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom. | If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom? |
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