4:1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- |
4:2 Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able? |
4:3 Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong. |
4:4 The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen. |
4:5 But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled. |
4:6 Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope -- the perfection of thy ways? |
4:7 Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off? |
4:8 As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it! |
4:9 From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed. |
4:10 The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken. |
4:11 An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate. |
4:12 And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it. |
4:13 In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, |
4:14 Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear. |
4:15 And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh; |
4:16 It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude `is' over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear: |
4:17 `Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner? |
4:18 Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.' |
4:19 Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation `is' in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.) |
4:20 From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish. |
4:21 Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom! |