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Chapter 4 |
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1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and
said, |
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If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but
who can withhold himself from speaking? |
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3 | Behold, thou hast instructed
many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. |
| 4 | Thy words have
upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble
knees. |
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But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth
thee, and thou art troubled. |
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6 | Is not this thy fear, thy confidence,
thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? |
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7 | Remember, I pray thee,
who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
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| 8 | Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap
the same. |
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| By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his
nostrils are they consumed. |
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10 | The roaring of the lion, and the voice
of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. |
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The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are
scattered abroad. |
| 12 | Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and
mine ear received a little thereof. |
| 13 | In thoughts from the visions
of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, |
| 14 | Fear came
upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. |
| 15 | Then a
spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: |
| 16 | It
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, |
| 17 | Shall mortal
man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? |
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Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with
folly: |
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| How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose
foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? |
| 20 | They
are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any
regarding it. |
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21 | Doth not their excellency which is in them go away?
they die, even without wisdom. |
