Job 4 — ULB
4Verse 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,Verse 2If anyone tries to speak with you, will you be impatient?
But who can stop himself from speaking?
Verse 3See, you have instructed many;
you have strengthened weak hands.
Verse 4Your words have supported him who was falling;
you have made feeble knees firm.
Verse 5But now trouble has come to you, and you are weary;
it touches you, and you are troubled.
Verse 6Is not your fear your confidence,
and the integrity of your ways your hope?
Verse 7Think about this, please: Who has ever perished when innocent?
Or when were the upright people ever cut off?
Verse 8According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap it.
Verse 9By the breath of God they perish;
by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
Verse 10The roaring of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion,
the teeth of the young lions—they are broken.
Verse 11The old lion perishes for lack of victims;
the cubs of the lioness are scattered everywhere.
Verse 12Now a certain matter was secretly brought to me,
and my ear received a whisper about it.
Verse 13Then came thoughts from visions in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people.
Verse 14It was at night when fear and trembling came upon me,
and all my bones shook.
Verse 15Then a spirit passed before my face,
and the hair of my flesh stood up.
Verse 16The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, and I heard a voice that said,
Verse 17“Can a mortal man be more righteous than God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Verse 18See, if God puts no trust in his servants;
if he accuses his angels of folly,
Verse 19how much more is this true of those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed sooner than a moth?
Verse 20Between morning and evening they are destroyed;
they perish forever without anyone noticing them.
Verse 21Are not their tent cords plucked up among them?
They die; they die without wisdom.
But who can stop himself from speaking?
Verse 3See, you have instructed many;
you have strengthened weak hands.
Verse 4Your words have supported him who was falling;
you have made feeble knees firm.
Verse 5But now trouble has come to you, and you are weary;
it touches you, and you are troubled.
Verse 6Is not your fear your confidence,
and the integrity of your ways your hope?
Verse 7Think about this, please: Who has ever perished when innocent?
Or when were the upright people ever cut off?
Verse 8According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap it.
Verse 9By the breath of God they perish;
by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
Verse 10The roaring of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion,
the teeth of the young lions—they are broken.
Verse 11The old lion perishes for lack of victims;
the cubs of the lioness are scattered everywhere.
Verse 12Now a certain matter was secretly brought to me,
and my ear received a whisper about it.
Verse 13Then came thoughts from visions in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people.
Verse 14It was at night when fear and trembling came upon me,
and all my bones shook.
Verse 15Then a spirit passed before my face,
and the hair of my flesh stood up.
Verse 16The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, and I heard a voice that said,
Verse 17“Can a mortal man be more righteous than God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Verse 18See, if God puts no trust in his servants;
if he accuses his angels of folly,
Verse 19how much more is this true of those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed sooner than a moth?
Verse 20Between morning and evening they are destroyed;
they perish forever without anyone noticing them.
Verse 21Are not their tent cords plucked up among them?
They die; they die without wisdom.