Chapter 4

  Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,  

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  If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?  

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  Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.  

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  Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.  

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  But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.  

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  Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [And] the integrity of thy ways thy hope?  

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  Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?  

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  According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.  

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  By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.  

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  The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.  

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  The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.  

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  Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.  

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  In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,  

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  Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake.  

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  Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.  

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  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],  

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  Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?  

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  Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:  

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  How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!  

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  Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.  

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

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