JPS - Job - 4

4:1  Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

4:2  If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself 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 falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

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

4:6  Is not thy fear of G-d thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?

4:7  Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

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

4:9  By the breath of G-d they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.

4:10  The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth--yet 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 abroad.

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

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

4:14  Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.

4:15  Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.

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

4:17  'Shall mortal man be just before G-d? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?

4:18  Behold, He putteth no trust in 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 before the moth!

4:20  Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.

4:21  Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'