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Job 4

New American Standard Bible 2020

Eliphaz Says the Innocent Do Not Suffer

1Then EliphazH464 the TemaniteH8489 respondedH6030H559,2“If one venturesH5254 a wordH1697 with you, will you becomeH3811 impatientH3811? But 1whoH4310 canH3201 refrainH6113 2from speakingH4405?3BeholdH2009, 3you have taughtH3256 manyH7227, And you have strengthenedH2388 weakH7504 handsH3027.4Your wordsH4405 have helpedH6965 the stumblingH3782 toH6965 standH6965, And you have strengthenedH553 4feebleH3766 kneesH1290.5But nowH6258 it comesH935 to you, and you 5areH3811 impatientH3811; It 6touchesH5060 you, and you are horrifiedH926.6Is your 78fearH3374 of God not 9your confidenceH3690, And the integrityH8537 of your waysH1870 your hopeH8615?

7“RememberH2142 nowH4994, 10whoH4310 ever perishedH6 being innocentH5355? Or whereH375 were the uprightH3477 destroyedH3582?8According to whatH834 I have seenH7200, 11those who 12plowH2790 wrongdoingH205 And those who sowH2232 troubleH5999 harvestH7114 it.9By 13the breathH5397 of GodH433 they perishH6, And 14by the 15blastH7307 of His angerH639 they comeH3615 toH3615 anH3615 endH3615.10The 16roaringH7581 of the lionH743 and the voiceH6963 of the fierce lionH7826, And the teethH8127 of the youngH3715 lionsH3715 are brokenH5421 outH5421.11The 17lionH3918 perishesH6 for lackH1097 of preyH2964, And the 18cubsH1121 of the lionessH3833 are scatteredH6504.

12“Now a wordH1697 19was broughtH1589 to me secretlyH1589, And my earH241 receivedH3947 a 20whisperH8102 of it.13Amid disquietingH8174 21thoughtsH8174 from visionsH2384 of the nightH3915, When deepH8639 sleepH8639 fallsH5307 on peopleH376,14DreadH6343 cameH7122 uponH7122 me, and tremblingH7461, And made 22allH7230 my bonesH6106 shakeH6342.15Then a 23spiritH7307 passedH2498 by my faceH6440; The hairH8185 of my fleshH1320 stoodH5568 upH5568.16Something was standingH5975 stillH5975, but I could not recognizeH5234 its appearanceH4758; A formH8544 was beforeH5048 my eyesH5869; There was silenceH1827, then I heardH8085 a voiceH6963:17‘Can 24mankindH582 beH6663 righteousH6663 25beforeH4480 GodH433? Can a manH1397 beH2891 pureH2891 26beforeH4480 his 27MakerH6213?1828He putsH539 noH3808 trustH539 evenH2005 in His servantsH5650; And He accusesH7760 His angelsH4397 of errorH8417.19HowH637 muchH637 moreH637 those who liveH7931 inH7931 29housesH1004 of clayH2563, WhoseH834 30foundationH3247 is in the dustH6083, Who are crushedH1792 beforeH6440 the mothH6211!2031BetweenH4480 morningH1242 and eveningH6153 they are brokenH3807 inH3807 piecesH3807; UnregardedH1097H7760, they 32perishH6 foreverH5331.21Is their 33tent-cordH3499 not pulledH5265 outH5265 within them? They dieH4191, yet 34withoutH3808 wisdomH2451.’

Notes

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

Commentaries on Job 4

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