Job 4

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,	1 But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?	2 If we start to speak to you, perhaps you will take it badly, but who can hold back the words he has conceived?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.	3 Behold, you have taught many, and you have strengthened weary hands.
4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.	4 Your words have reassured the wavering, and you have fortified the trembling knees.
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.	5 But now the scourge has overcome you, and you falter. It has touched you, and you are disturbed.
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?	6 Where is your reverence, your fortitude, your patience, and the perfection of your ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?	7 Consider this, I beg you: who ever perished being innocent? Or when have the righteous been destroyed?
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.	8 In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,
9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.	9 perishing by the breath of God, and being consumed by the wrath of his spirit.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.	10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of young lions have been worn away.
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.	11 The tiger has perished because it does not have prey, and the young lions have been scattered.
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.	12 Furthermore, a word was spoken to me in secret, and, as if by theft, my ears received the pulse of its whisper.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,	13 In the horror of a vision by night, when men are accustomed to be overtaken by a deep sleep,
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.	14 fear and trembling seized me and all my bones were terrified.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:	15 And when a spirit passed before me, the hair on my body stood up.
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,	16 There appeared an image before my eyes, someone whose face I did not recognize, and I heard a voice like a gentle breeze.
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?	17 Should man be justified in relation to God, or will a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:	18 Behold, those who serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he finds imperfection.
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?	19 How much more will those who live in houses of clay, which have an earthly foundation, be consumed like the moth?
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.	20 From morning all the way to evening, they will be cut down, and because no one understands, they will be destroyed without ceasing.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.	21 But those who are left behind will be taken away from them; they will die, and not in wisdom.