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| Job 4:1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, | And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said, |
| Job 4:2 | "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you 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? |
| Job 4:3 | Behold, you have instructed many, You have strengthened the weak hands. | Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong; |
| Job 4:4 | Your words have supported him who was falling, You have 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. |
| Job 4:5 | But now it is come to you, and you faint; It touches you, and you are 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 | Isn't your piety your confidence, The integrity of your ways your hope? | Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope? |
| Job 4:7 | "Remember, now, whoever 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? |
| Job 4:8 | According to what I have seen, those who 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. |
| Job 4:9 | By the breath of God they perish, 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. |
| Job 4:10 | The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, 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 perishes for lack of prey, 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. |
| Job 4:12 | "Now a thing was secretly brought to me, My ear received a whisper of it. | A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears. |
| Job 4:13 | In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls 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, Which made all my bones shake. | Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble; |
| 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: |
| Job 4:16 | It stood still, but I couldn't discern the appearance of it; A form was before my eyes. Silence, then 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: |
| 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? |
| Job 4:18 | Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error. | Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels; |
| Job 4:19 | How much more, those who 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; |
| Job 4:20 | Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it. | Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note. |
| Job 4:21 | Isn't 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? |
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