The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 1 , Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
4:2 'If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 2 , 'If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
4:3 Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 3 , Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
4:4 Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 4 , Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
4:5 But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 5 , But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
4:6 Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 6 , Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
4:7 'Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 7 , 'Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
4:8 As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 8 , As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.
4:9 At the breath of God they are destroyed; at the blast of his anger they perish.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 9 , At the breath of God they are destroyed; at the blast of his anger they perish.
4:10 The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 10 , The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
4:11 The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 11 , The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
4:12 'A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 12 , 'A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.
4:13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 13 , Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
4:14 fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 14 , fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
4:15 A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 15 , A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
4:16 It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 16 , It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:
4:17 'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 17 , 'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
4:18 If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 18 , If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,
4:19 how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 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!
4:20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 20 , Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.
4:21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?'
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 21 , Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?'
