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Themes in Job 4

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Themes in Job 4

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Job 4:1 (show verse)

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

God, Justice of » Declared to be » Incomparable

Job 4:2 (show verse)

“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 (show verse)

“Behold you have admonished many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.

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Job 4:4 (show verse)

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

Social duties » Fidelity in business » Kind words
Words » Kept words of Christ » Kind, examples of

Job 4:5 (show verse)

“But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
It touches you, and you are dismayed.

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Job 4:6 (show verse)

“Is not your

fear of God your confidence,

And the integrity of your ways your hope?

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Job 4:7 (show verse)

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

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Job 4:8 (show verse)

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

Afflictions » Sin produces
Bearing fruit » Those that sow iniquity
Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Iniquity » Those that sow iniquity
Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
Punishment of the The Wicked » Is the fruit of their sin
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of wickedness
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Men's works producing a corresponding recompense
Sowing » Evil, on the part of the wicked
Sowing and reaping » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked

Job 4:9 (show verse)

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

Blasting » Figurative
Breath » Of God

Job 4:10 (show verse)

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

Lions » Fierceness of

Job 4:11 (show verse)

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

Lions » Often perishes for lack of food

Job 4:12 (show verse)

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

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Vision » Of job » Of a spirit

Job 4:13 (show verse)

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

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Sleep » Spiritual » General references to natural
Vision » Of job » Of a spirit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To eliphaz

Job 4:14 (show verse)

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

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Vision » Of job » Of a spirit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To eliphaz

Job 4:15 (show verse)

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

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Vision » Of job » Of a spirit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To eliphaz

Job 4:16 (show verse)

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

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Vision » Of job » Of a spirit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To eliphaz

Job 4:17 (show verse)

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

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Man » Mortal

Job 4:18 (show verse)

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

Angel (a spirit) » Fallen
Angels » Fallen
Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Man » Insignificance of
Man » Little lower than the angels

Job 4:19 (show verse)

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

Body » House of clay
Clay » Figurative
Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Ground » Man made from
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth
Insignificance of man » A tenant in a house of clay
Man » Insignificance of
Man » Little lower than the angels
Man » Apparent insignificance of » A tenant in a house of clay
Man » Insignificance of » A tenant in a house of clay
Moth » An insect
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch

Job 4:20 (show verse)

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

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Man » Little lower than the angels

Job 4:21 (show verse)

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

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Man » Little lower than the angels