New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 4:1-11

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

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

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Notes

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

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