Job 4:1-11

1Then Eliphaz from Teman replied ⌞to Job⌟,

2“If someone tries to talk to you, will you become impatient? But who can keep from talking?

3Certainly, you have instructed many people: When hands were weak, you made them strong.

4When someone stumbled, you lifted him up with your words. When knees were weak, you gave them strength.

5But trouble comes to you, and you’re impatient. It touches you, and you panic.

6Doesn’t your fear of God give you confidence and your lifetime of integrity give you hope?

7“Now think about this: Which innocent person ⌞ever⌟ died ⌞an untimely death⌟? Find me a decent person who has been destroyed.

8Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest.

9God destroys them with his breath and kills them with a blast of his anger.

10Though the roar of the lion and the growl of the ferocious lion ⌞is loud⌟, the young lions have had their teeth knocked out.

11The old lions die without any prey ⌞to eat⌟, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.