New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 4:1-11

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite 1answered,2“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But 2who can refrain 3from speaking?3Behold 4you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.4Your words have 5helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened 6feeble knees.5But now it has come to you, and you 7are impatient; It 8touches you, and you are dismayed.6Is not your 9 10fear of God 11your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?

7“Remember now, 12who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?8According to what I have seen, 13those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.9By 14the breath of God they perish, And 15by the 16blast of His anger they come to an end.10The 17roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.11The 18lion perishes for lack of prey, And the 19whelps of the lioness are scattered.

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Notes

1. Job 4:1 Lit answered and said ↩
2. Job 4:2 Job 32:18-20 ↩
3. Job 4:2 Lit in words ↩
4. Job 4:3 Job 4:3, 4; 29:15, 16, 21, 25 ↩
5. Job 4:4 Lit caused ↩
6. Job 4:4 Lit bowing ↩
7. Job 4:5 Job 6:14 ↩
8. Job 4:5 Job 19:21 ↩
9. Job 4:6 Or reverence ↩
10. Job 4:6 Job 1:1 ↩
11. Job 4:6 Prov 3:26 ↩
12. Job 4:7 Job 8:20; 36:6, 7; Ps 37:25 ↩
13. Job 4:8 Job 15:31, 35; Prov 22:8; Hos 10:13; Gal 6:7 ↩
14. Job 4:9 Job 15:30; Is 11:4; 30:33; 2 Thess 2:8 ↩
15. Job 4:9 Job 40:11-13 ↩
16. Job 4:9 Lit wind ↩
17. Job 4:10 Job 5:15; Ps 58:6 ↩
18. Job 4:11 Job 29:17; Ps 34:10 ↩
19. Job 4:11 Job 5:4; 20:10; 27:14 ↩

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