4:1   Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

4:2  "If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

4:3  "Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.

4:4  "Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees.

4:5  "But now it has come to you, and you show impatience; It touches you, and you feel dismayed.

4:6  "Do you not consider your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?

4:7  "Remember now, who ever perished living innocently? Or where have we seen the upright destroyed?

4:8  "According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.

4:9  "By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

4:10  "The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions break.

4:11  "The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness scatter.

4:12  "Now a word came to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.

4:13  "Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,

4:14  Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake.

4:15  "Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up.

4:16  "It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form appeared before my eyes; Silence occurred, then I heard a voice:

4:17  'Can mankind appear just before God? Can a man appear pure before his Maker?

4:18  ' He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error.

4:19  'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation lies in the dust, Who have become crushed before the moth!

4:20  ' Between morning and evening they break in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever.

4:21  ' Have not people plucked up their tent-cord up within them?