Job Chapter 4 (KJV)

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undefined Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

undefined If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

undefined Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

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

undefined But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

undefined Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

undefined Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

undefined Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

undefined By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

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

undefined The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

undefined Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

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

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

undefined Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

undefined It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

undefined Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

undefined Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

undefined How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

undefined They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

undefined Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

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