Job 4
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1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and
said, 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt
thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? 3
Behold,
thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak
hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling,
and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. 5
But now
it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and
thou art troubled. 6
Is not this thy fear,
thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever
perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8
Even
as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap
the same. 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the
breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 10
The roaring
of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of
the young lions, are broken. 11
The old lion perisheth
for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered
abroad.
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear
received a little thereof. 13
In thoughts from the
visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14
Fear
came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15
Then
a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16
It
stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was
before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man
be more pure than his maker? 18
Behold, he put no trust
in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: 19
How
much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose
foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before
the moth? 20 They are destroyed from morning to evening:
they perish for ever without any regarding it. 21
Doth
not their excellency which is in them go away? they die,
even without wisdom. |