Job 4

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Job 4

Eliphaz: Innocent Do Not Suffer

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“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient?
But ^(A)who can refrain ^(b)from speaking?

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“Behold ^(B)you have admonished many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.

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“Your words have ^(c)helped the tottering to stand,
And you have strengthened ^(d)feeble knees.

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“But now it has come to you, and you ^(C)are impatient;
It ^(D)touches you, and you are dismayed.

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“Is not your ^(e)^(E)fear of God ^(F)your confidence,
And the integrity of your ways your hope?

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“Remember now, ^(G)who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?

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“According to what I have seen, ^(H)those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.

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“By ^(I)the breath of God they perish,
And ^(J)by the ^(f)blast of His anger they come to an end.

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“The ^(K)roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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“The ^(L)lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the ^(M)whelps of the lioness are scattered.

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“Now a word ^(N)was brought to me stealthily,
And my ear received a ^(O)whisper of it.

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“Amid disquieting ^(P)thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,

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Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made ^(g)all my bones shake.

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“Then a ^(h)spirit passed by my face;
The hair of my flesh bristled up.

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“It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, then I heard a voice:

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‘Can ^(Q)mankind be just ⁽ⁱ⁾before God?
Can a man be pure ^(j)before his ^(R)Maker?

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‘^(S)He puts no trust even in His servants;
And against His angels He charges error.

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‘How much more those who dwell in ^(T)houses of clay,
Whose ^(U)foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!

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‘^(V)Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces;
Unobserved, they ^(W)perish forever.

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‘Is not their ^(X)tent-cord plucked up within them?
They die, yet ^(Y)without wisdom.’

Footnotes:

a. Job 4:1: ['Lit ', answered and said]

b. Job 4:2: ['Lit ', in words]

c. Job 4:4: ['Lit ', caused]

d. Job 4:4: ['Lit ', bowing]

e. Job 4:6: ['Or ', reverence]

f. Job 4:9: ['Lit ', wind]

g. Job 4:14: ['Lit ', the multitude of]

h. Job 4:15: ['Or ', breath passed over]

i. Job 4:17: ['Lit ', from]

j. Job 4:17: ['Lit ', from]

Cross references:

A. Job 4:2: Job 32:18-20

B. Job 4:3: Job 4:3; Job 4:4; Job 29:15; Job 29:16; Job 29:21; Job 29:25

C. Job 4:5: Job 6:14

D. Job 4:5: Job 19:21

E. Job 4:6: Job 1:1

F. Job 4:6: Proverbs 3:26

G. Job 4:7: Job 8:20; Job 36:6; Job 36:7; Psalm 37:25

H. Job 4:8: Job 15:31; Job 15:35; Proverbs 22:8; Hosea 10:13; Galatians 6:7

I. Job 4:9: Job 15:30; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 30:33; 2 Thessalonians 2:8

J. Job 4:9: Job 40:11-13

K. Job 4:10: Job 5:15; Psalm 58:6

L. Job 4:11: Job 29:17; Psalm 34:10

M. Job 4:11: Job 5:4; Job 20:10; Job 27:14

N. Job 4:12: Job 4:12-17; Job 33:15-18

O. Job 4:12: Job 26:14

P. Job 4:13: Job 33:15

Q. Job 4:17: Job 9:2; Job 25:4

R. Job 4:17: Job 31:15; Job 32:22; Job 35:10; Job 36:3

S. Job 4:18: Job 15:15

T. Job 4:19: Job 10:9; Job 33:6

U. Job 4:19: Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; Job 22:16

V. Job 4:20: Job 14:2

W. Job 4:20: Job 14:20; Job 20:7

X. Job 4:21: Job 8:22

Y. Job 4:21: Job 18:21; Job 36:12