Job 4

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —⋮

2 Hath one tried a word with thee? — Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?⋮

3 Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.⋮

4 The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.⋮

5 But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.⋮

6 Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope — the perfection of thy ways?⋮

7 Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?⋮

8 As I have seen — ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!⋮

9 From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.⋮

10 The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.⋮

11 An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.⋮

12 And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.⋮

13 In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,⋮

14 Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.⋮

15 And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;⋮

16 It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude is over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:⋮

17 'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?⋮

18 Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'⋮

19 Also — the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation is in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)⋮

20 From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.⋮

21 Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!⋮