JOB 4

1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,⋮

2 If one 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 confirmed the feeble knees.⋮

5 But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.⋮

6 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?⋮

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the upright cut off?⋮

8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.⋮

9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger 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 whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.⋮

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper 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 appearance thereof; a form 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 putteth no trust in his servants; and his angels he chargeth with folly:⋮

19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth!⋮

20 Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: they perish for ever without any regarding it.⋮

21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? they die, and that without wisdom.⋮