The Book of Job

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

 ^4:2If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?

 But who can withhold himself from speaking?

 ^4:3Behold, thou hast instructed many,

 And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

 ^4:4Thy words have upholden him that was falling,

 And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.

 ^4:5But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest;

 It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

 ^4:6Is not thy fear of God thy confidence,

 And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

 ^4:7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?

 Or where were the upright cut off?

 ^4:8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,

 And sow trouble, reap the same.

 ^4:9By the breath of God they perish,

 And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

 ^4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,

 And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

 ^4:11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,

 And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

 ^4:12Now a thing was secretly brought to me,

 And mine ear received a whisper thereof.

 ^4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night,

 When deep sleep falleth on men,

 ^4:14Fear came upon me, and trembling,

 Which made all my bones to shake.

 ^4:15Then a spirit passed before my face;

 The hair of my flesh stood up.

 ^4:16It 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,

 ^4:17Shall mortal man be more just than God?

 Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

 ^4:18Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants;

 And his angels he chargeth with folly:

 ^4:19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay,

 Whose foundation is in the dust,

 Who are crushed before the moth!

 ^4:20Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed:

 They perish for ever without any regarding it.

 ^4:21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?

 They die, and that without wisdom.