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Job 4

Eliphaz Says the Innocent Do Not Suffer

¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

²“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

³“Behold, you have taught many, And you have strengthened weak hands.

⁴“Your words have helped the stumbling to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees.

⁵“But now it comes to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are horrified.

⁶“Is your fear of God not your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?

⁷¶“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?

⁸“According to what I have seen, those who plow wrongdoing And those who sow trouble harvest it.

⁹“By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

¹⁰“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken out.

¹¹“The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

¹²¶“Now a word was brought to me secretly, And my ear received a whisper of it.

¹³“Amid disquieting thoughts from visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on people,

¹⁴Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake.

¹⁵“Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.

¹⁶“Something was standing still, but I could not recognize its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice:

¹⁷‘Can mankind be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?

¹⁸‘He puts no trust even in His servants; And He accuses His angels of error.

¹⁹‘How much more those who live in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

²⁰‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unregarded, they perish forever.

²¹‘Is their tent-cord not pulled out within them? They die, yet without wisdom.’

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