| Chapter 4 |
1 | Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
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2 | If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
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3 | Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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4 | Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.
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5 | But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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6 | Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [And] the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
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7 | Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
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8 | According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
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9 | By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
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10 | The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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11 | The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
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12 | Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
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13 | In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,
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14 | Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake.
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15 | Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.
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16 | It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],
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17 | Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
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18 | Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:
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19 | How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
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20 | Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
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21 | Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
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