Job 4

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