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Job 4

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¹Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, ²If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking? ³Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands. ⁴Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees. ⁵But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. ⁶Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, Andthe integrity of thy ways thy hope? ⁷Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? ⁸According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same. ⁹By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed. ¹⁰The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken. ¹¹The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. ¹²Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof. ¹³In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, ¹⁴Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. ¹⁵Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up. ¹⁶It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There wassilence, and I heard a voice, saying, ¹⁷Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? ¹⁸Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly: ¹⁹How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! ²⁰Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it. ²¹Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.