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