The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 1 , Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:
4:2 'Will you be patient and let me say a word? For who could keep from speaking out?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 2 , 'Will you be patient and let me say a word? For who could keep from speaking out?
4:3 'In the past you have encouraged many a troubled soul to trust in God; you have supported those who were weak.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 3 , 'In the past you have encouraged many a troubled soul to trust in God; you have supported those who were weak.
4:4 Your words have strengthened the fallen; you steadied those who wavered.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 4 , Your words have strengthened the fallen; you steadied those who wavered.
4:5 But now when trouble strikes, you faint and are broken.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 5 , But now when trouble strikes, you faint and are broken.
4:6 Does your reverence for God give you no confidence? Shouldn't you believe that God will care for those who are upright?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 6 , Does your reverence for God give you no confidence? Shouldn't you believe that God will care for those who are upright?
4:7 'Stop and think! Does the innocent person perish? When has the upright person been destroyed?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 7 , 'Stop and think! Does the innocent person perish? When has the upright person been destroyed?
4:8 My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 8 , My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
4:9 They perish by a breath from God. They vanish in a blast of his anger.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 9 , They perish by a breath from God. They vanish in a blast of his anger.
4:10 Though they are fierce young lions, they will all be broken and destroyed.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 10 , Though they are fierce young lions, they will all be broken and destroyed.
4:11 The fierce lion will starve, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 11 , The fierce lion will starve, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.
4:12 'This truth was given me in secret, as though whispered in my ear.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 12 , 'This truth was given me in secret, as though whispered in my ear.
4:13 It came in a vision at night as others slept.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 13 , It came in a vision at night as others slept.
4:14 Fear gripped me; I trembled and shook with terror.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 14 , Fear gripped me; I trembled and shook with terror.
4:15 A spirit swept past my face. Its wind sent shivers up my spine.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 15 , A spirit swept past my face. Its wind sent shivers up my spine.
4:16 It stopped, but I couldn't see its shape. There was a form before my eyes, and a hushed voice said,
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 16 , It stopped, but I couldn't see its shape. There was a form before my eyes, and a hushed voice said,
4:17 `Can a mortal be just and upright before God? Can a person be pure before the Creator?'
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 17 , `Can a mortal be just and upright before God? Can a person be pure before the Creator?'
4:18 'If God cannot trust his own angels and has charged some of them with folly,
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 18 , 'If God cannot trust his own angels and has charged some of them with folly,
4:19 how much less will he trust those made of clay! Their foundation is dust, and they are crushed as easily as moths.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 19 , how much less will he trust those made of clay! Their foundation is dust, and they are crushed as easily as moths.
4:20 They are alive in the morning, but by evening they are dead, gone forever without a trace.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 20 , They are alive in the morning, but by evening they are dead, gone forever without a trace.
4:21 Their tent collapses; they die in ignorance.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 4 , Verse 21 , Their tent collapses; they die in ignorance.
