Darby - Job - 4

4:1  And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

4:2  If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?

4:3  Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;

4:4  Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:

4:5  But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

4:6  Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?

4:7  Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

4:8  Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.

4:9  By the breath ofGod they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.

4:10  The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;

4:11  The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

4:12  Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

4:13  In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: —

4:14  Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;

4:15  And a spirit passed before my face — the hair of my flesh stood up —

4:16  It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:

4:17  Shall [mortal] man be more just thanGod? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?

4:18  Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:

4:19  How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

4:20  From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.

4:21  Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.