| Chapter 4
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| 1 | Then 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? |
| 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. |
| 5 | But 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? |
| 7 | Remember, I pray thee, who ever
perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? |
| 8 | Even as I have seen, they that plow
iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. |
| 9 | By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his
nostrils are they consumed. |
| 10
| The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the
teeth of the young lions, are broken. |
| 11 | 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? |
| 18 | Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels
he charged with folly: |
| 19 |
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. |
|
21 | Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die,
even without wisdom. |
