Job JobAyub, chapterpasal Book of JobAyub, chapterpasal 4

Eliphaz Says the Innocent Do Not Suffer

Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,Job 15:1; Job 22:1

“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient?

But who can refrain (a)4:2 Lit in wordsfrom speaking?

“Behold, you have taught many,

And you have strengthened weak hands.Heb 12:12

“Your words have helped the stumbling to stand,

And you have strengthened (b)4:4 Lit knees giving wayfeeble knees.Isa 35:3

“But now it comes to you, and you are impatient;

It touches you, and you are horrified.

“Is your (c)4:6 Or reverence forfear of God not your confidence,

And the integrity of your ways your hope?

¶“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?

Or where were the upright destroyed?

“According to what I have seen, those who (d)4:8 I.e., deviseplow wrongdoing

And those who sow trouble harvest it.Job 15:35; Psa 7:14

“By the breath of God they perish,

And by the (e)4:9 Lit windblast of His anger they come to an end.2Sa 22:16; 2Th 2:8

“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,

And the teeth of the young lions are broken out.Psa 58:6; Nam 2:12

“The lion perishes for lack of prey,

And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

¶“Now a word was brought to me secretly,

And my ear received a whisper of it.

“Amid disquieting thoughts from visions of the night,

When deep sleep falls on people,Job 33:15

Dread came upon me, and trembling,

And made (f)4:14 Lit the multitude ofall my bones shake.Dan 10:8

“Then a (g)4:15 Or wind passed overspirit passed by my face;

The hair of my flesh stood up.

“Something was standing still, but I could not recognize its appearance;

A form was before my eyes;

There was silence, then I heard a voice:

‘Can mankind be righteous (h)4:17 Lit frombefore God?

Can a man be pure (i)4:17 Lit frombefore his Maker?Job 9:2; Job 15:14; Job 25:4

‘He puts no trust even in His servants;

And He accuses His angels of error.Job 15:15; 2Pe 2:4

‘How much more those who live in houses of clay,

Whose foundation is in the dust,

Who are crushed before the moth!Job 25:6; 2Co 5:1

‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces;

Unregarded, they perish forever.Psa 37:2

‘Is their tent-cord not pulled out within them?

They die, yet without wisdom.’