Job 4 — parallel

4:1

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

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4:2

If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

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4:3

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

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4:4

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

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4:5

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

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4:6

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

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4:7

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

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4:8

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

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4:9

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

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4:10

The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth— Yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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4:11

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

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4:12

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

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4:13

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

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4:14

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

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4:15

Then a spirit passed before my face, That made the hair of my flesh to stand up.

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4:16

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

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4:17

’Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?

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4:18

Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, And His angels He chargeth with folly;

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4:19

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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4:20

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

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4:21

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

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