Job 4 — DBY
4Verse 1And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,Verse 2If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?Verse 3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;Verse 4Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:Verse 5But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.Verse 6Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?Verse 7Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?Verse 8Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.Verse 9By the breath of+God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.Verse 10The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;Verse 11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.Verse 12Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.Verse 13In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: —Verse 14Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;Verse 15And a spirit passed before my face — the hair of my flesh stood up —Verse 16It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:Verse 17Shall [mortal] man be more just than+God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?Verse 18Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:Verse 19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!Verse 20From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.Verse 21Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.