Job 4 — FBV
4Verse 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered Job.Verse 2“Could I say a word? I don't want to upset you but who could keep quiet and not respond?+Verse 3You've certainly encouraged many people and supported those who are weak.Verse 4Your advice has helped those who are stumbling not to fall, and you have strengthened those whose knees are weak.Verse 5But now you're the one suffering and you're upset.Verse 6Wasn't it your reverence for God that gave you confidence and your integrity that gave you hope?Verse 7Think about it: since when did the innocent die? Since when were good people destroyed?Verse 8From what I've seen it's those who plant+evil and sow trouble who reap the same!Verse 9A breath from God destroys them; a blast of his anger wipes them out.Verse 10Lions may roar and growl, but their teeth still break.Verse 11Even a lion dies from lack of food, and the lioness' cubs are scattered.Verse 12A word quietly crept up on me; a whisper reached my ear.Verse 13Troubling thoughts came to me in nightmares when you fall into a deep sleep.Verse 14I became terrified and trembled; all my bones were shaking.Verse 15Then a breath+brushed my face and gave me goose-pimples.Verse 16Something stopped, but I couldn't see its face. My eyes could only make out a shape. It was totally quiet, and then I heard a voice:Verse 17‘Can anyone be right before God? Can anyone be pure before their Maker?Verse 18If he doesn't even trust his servants, and he says his angels make mistakes,Verse 19how much more does this apply to those who live in these houses made of clay,+whose foundations are based on dust, who fall apart like clothing to a moth?Verse 20Alive in the morning, they are dead by evening. They die, unnoticed.Verse 21They are like tent ropes that are pulled up, and they collapse in death. They die without wisdom.’”