Job 4

Berean Standard Bible

Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper

1Then EliphazH464 the TemaniteH8489 H559 repliedH6030:

2“If one venturesH5254 a wordH1697 with youH413, will you be weariedH3811?Yet whoH4310 canH3201 keepH6113 from speakingH4405?3SurelyH2009 you have instructedH3256 manyH7227,and have strengthenedH2388 their feebleH7504 handsH3027.4Your wordsH4405 have steadiedH6965 those who stumbledH3782;you have bracedH553 the kneesH1290 that were bucklingH3766.5ButH3588 nowH6258 trouble has comeH935 upon youH413, and you are wearyH3811.It strikes youH5060 H5704, and you are dismayedH926.6Is your reverenceH3374 notH3808 your confidenceH3690,and the uprightnessH8537 of your waysH1870 your hopeH8615?

7ConsiderH2142 now, I pleadH4994:

WhoH4310 , being innocentH5355, has ever perishedH6?Or whereH375 have the uprightH3477 been destroyedH3582?8AsH834 I have observedH7200, those who plowH2790 iniquityH205and those who sowH2232 troubleH5999 reap the sameH7114.9By the breathH5397 of GodH433 they perishH6,and by the blastH7307 of His angerH639 they are consumedH3615.10The lionH738 may roarH7581, and the fierce lionH7826 may growlH6963,yet the teethH8127 of the young lionsH3715 are brokenH5421.11The old lionH3918 perishesH6 for lackH1097 of preyH2964,and the cubsH1121 of the lionessH3833 are scatteredH6504.

12Now a wordH1697 came to meH413 secretlyH1589;my earsH241 caughtH3947 a whisperH8102 of itH4480.13In disquietingH5587 visionsH2384 in the nightH3915,when deep sleepH8639 fallsH5307 onH5921 menH582,14fearH6343 and tremblingH7461 came over meH7122and made allH7230 my bonesH6106 shudderH6342.15Then a spiritH7307 1 glidedH2498 pastH5921 my faceH6440,and the hairH8185 on my bodyH1320 bristledH5568.16It stood stillH5975,but I could notH3808 discernH5234 its appearanceH4758;a formH8544 loomed beforeH5048 my eyesH5869,and I heardH8085 a whisperingH1827 voiceH6963:

17‘Can a mortalH582 be more righteousH6663 than GodH433,orH518 a manH1397 more pureH2891 than his MakerH6213?18IfH2005 God puts noH3808 trustH539 in His servantsH5650,and He chargesH7760 His angelsH4397 with errorH8417,19how much moreH637 those who dwellH7931 in housesH1004 of clayH2563,whoseH834 foundationsH3247 are in the dustH6083,who can be crushedH1792 H6440 like a mothH6211!20They are smashed to piecesH3807 from dawnH1242 to duskH6153;unnoticedH1097 H7760, they perishH6 foreverH5331.21Are not their tent cordsH3499 pulled upH5265,so that they dieH4191 withoutH3808 wisdomH2451?’