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Job 4

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Then Eliphaz from Teman replied [to Job],

2 "If someone tries to talk to you, will you become impatient? But who can keep from talking?

3 Certainly, you have instructed many people: When hands were weak, you made them strong.

4 When someone stumbled, you lifted him up with your words. When knees were weak, you gave them strength.

5 But trouble comes to you, and you're impatient. It touches you, and you panic.

6 Doesn't your fear of God give you confidence and your lifetime of integrity give you hope?

7 "Now think about this: Which innocent person [ever] died [an untimely death]? Find me a decent person who has been destroyed.

8 Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest.

9 God destroys them with his breath and kills them with a blast of his anger.

10 Though the roar of the lion and the growl of the ferocious lion [is loud], the young lions have had their teeth knocked out.

11 The old lions die without any prey [to eat], and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

12 "I was told something secretly and heard something whispered in my ear.

13 With disturbing thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,

14 fear and trembling came over me, and all my bones shook.

15 A spirit passed in front of me. It made my hair stand on end.

16 Something stood there. I couldn't tell what it was. A vague image was in front of my eyes. I heard a soft voice:

17 'Can [any] mortal be righteous to God? Can [any] human being be pure to his maker?'

18 "You see, God doesn't trust his own servants, and he accuses his angels of making mistakes.

19 How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust. Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!

20 From morning to evening, they are shattered. They will disappear forever without anyone paying attention.

21 Haven't the ropes of their tent been loosened? Won't they die without wisdom?

New International Version NIV

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2 “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?

3 Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.

4 Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.

5 But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.

6 Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?

7 “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?

8 As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.

9 At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.

10 The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.

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

12 “A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.

13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,

14 fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.

15 A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.

16 It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:

17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?

18 If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,

19 how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!

20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.

21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’