Thematic Bible

Job 4:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

Job 4:2

“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient?
But who can refrain from speaking?
No Themes for this verse.

Job 4:3

“Behold you have admonished many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 4:4

“Your words have helped the tottering to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.

Job 4:5

“But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
It touches you, and you are dismayed.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 4:6

“Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
No Themes for this verse.

Job 4:7

“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?
No Themes for this verse.

Job 4:8

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

Job 4:9

“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

Job 4:10

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

Job 4:11

“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

Job 4:12

“Now a word was brought to me stealthily,
And my ear received a whisper of it.

Job 4:13

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

Job 4:14

Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made all my bones shake.

Job 4:15

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

Job 4:16

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

Job 4:17

‘Can mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?

Job 4:18

He puts no trust even in His servants;
And against His angels He charges error.

Job 4:19

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

Job 4:20

Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces;
Unobserved, they perish forever.

Job 4:21

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