Job 4 — BBE
4Verse 1And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,Verse 2If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?Verse 3Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;Verse 4He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.Verse 5But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.Verse 6Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?Verse 7Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?Verse 8What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.Verse 9By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.Verse 10Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.Verse 11The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.Verse 12A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.Verse 13In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,Verse 14Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;Verse 15And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:Verse 16Something 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:Verse 17May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?Verse 18Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;Verse 19How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;Verse 20Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.Verse 21If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?