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Job 4
4:1

Then Eliphaz464 the Temanite8489 answered6030 and said,559

4:2

If we assay5254 to commune1697 with thee, wilt thou be grieved?3811 but who can3201 withhold6113 himself from speaking?4405

4:3

Behold, thou hast instructed3256 many,7227 and thou hast strengthened2388 the weak7504 hands.3027

4:4

Thy words4405 have upholden6965 him that was falling,3782 and thou hast strengthened553 the feeble3766 knees.1290

4:5

But now it is come935 upon thee, and thou faintest;3811 it toucheth5060 thee, and thou art troubled.926

4:6

Is not this thy fear,3374 thy confidence,3690 thy hope,8615 and the uprightness8537 of thy ways?1870

4:7

Remember,2142 I pray thee, who ever perished,6 being innocent?5355 or where375 were the righteous3477 cut off?3582

4:8

Even as I have seen,7200 they that plow2790 iniquity,205 and sow2232 wickedness,5999 reap7114 the same.

4:9

By the blast5397 of Eloah433 they perish,6 and by the breath7307 of his nostrils639 are they consumed.3615

4:10

The roaring7581 of the lion,738 and the voice6963 of the fierce lion,7826 and the teeth8127 of the young lions,3715 are broken.5421

4:11

The old lion3918 perisheth6 for lack1097 of prey,2964 and the stout lion's3833 whelps1121 are scattered abroad.6504

4:12

Now a thing1697 was secretly brought1589 to me, and mine ear241 received3947 a little8102 thereof.

4:13

In thoughts5587 from the visions2384 of the night,3915 when deep sleep8639 falleth5307 on men,582

4:14

Fear6343 came7122 upon me, and trembling,7461 which made all7230 my bones6106 to shake.6342

4:15

Then a spirit7307 passed2498 before my face;6440 the hair8185 of my flesh1320 stood up:5568

4:16

It stood still,5975 but I could not discern5234 the form4758 thereof: an image8544 was before mine eyes,5869 there was silence,1827 and I heard8085 a voice,6963 saying,

4:17

Shall mortal man582 be more just6663 than Eloah?433 shall a man1397 be more pure2891 than his maker?6213

4:18

Behold, he put no trust539 in his servants;5650 and his angels4397 he charged7760 with folly:8417

4:19

How much less637 in them that dwell7931 in houses1004 of clay,2563 whose foundation3247 is in the dust,6083 which are crushed1792 before6440 the moth?6211

4:20

They are destroyed3807 from morning1242 to evening:6153 they perish6 for ever5331 without any regarding7760 it.

4:21

Doth not their excellency3499 which is in them go away?5265 they die,4191 even without wisdom.2451