Job 4

¹Then Elifaz [my God is (fine) gold] the Temani [southward] answered and said,

²[If] we assay to commune with youi , will youi be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

³Behold, youi have instructed many, and youi have strengthened the weak hands.

⁴You1s words have upholden him that was falling, and youi have strengthened the feeble knees.

⁵But now it is come upon youi , and youi faintest; it touches youi , and youi are troubled.

⁶[Is] not [this] youri fear, youri confidence, youri hope, and the uprightness of youri ways?

⁷Remember, I pray youi , who [ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

⁸Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

⁹By the blast of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

¹⁰The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

¹¹The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

¹²Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little thereof.

¹³In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

¹⁴Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

¹⁵Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

¹⁶It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image [was] before my eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying] ,

¹⁷Shall mortal man be more just than God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] ? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

¹⁸Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

¹⁹How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?

²⁰They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish forever without any regarding [it] .

²¹Does not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.