Job 4 — GMV
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Verse 2
Hast thou been often spoken to in distress?
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For whereas thou hast instructed many,
Verse 4
And hast supported the failing with words,
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Yet now that pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled.
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Is not thy fear founded in folly,
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Remember then who has perished, being pure?
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Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places,
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They shall perish by the command of the Lord,
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The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness,
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The old lion has perished for want of food,
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But if there had been any truth in thy words,
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But as when terror falls upon men,
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Horror and trembling seized me,
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And a spirit came before my face;
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I arose and perceived it not:
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What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord?
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Whereas he trusts not in his servants,
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But as for them that dwell in houses of clay,
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And from morning to evening they no longer exist:
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For he blows upon them, and they are withered: