Job 4

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,DBY — Job 4:1

2 If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?DBY — Job 4:2

3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;DBY — Job 4:3

4 Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:DBY — Job 4:4

5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.DBY — Job 4:5

6 Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?DBY — Job 4:6

7 Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?DBY — Job 4:7

8 Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.DBY — Job 4:8

9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.DBY — Job 4:9

10 The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;DBY — Job 4:10

11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.DBY — Job 4:11

12 Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.DBY — Job 4:12

13 In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:DBY — Job 4:13

14 Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;DBY — Job 4:14

15 And a spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh stood upDBY — Job 4:15

16 It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:DBY — Job 4:16

17 Shall [mortal] man be more just than God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?DBY — Job 4:17

18 Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:DBY — Job 4:18

19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!DBY — Job 4:19

20 From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.DBY — Job 4:20

21 Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.DBY — Job 4:21