Job 4

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:	1 But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:
2 If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?	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 taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:	3 Behold, you have taught many, and you have strengthened weary hands.
4 Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:	4 Your words have reassured the wavering, and you have fortified the trembling knees.
5 But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched 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 Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection 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 when were the just destroyed?	7 Consider this, I beg you: who ever perished being innocent? Or when have the righteous been destroyed?
8 On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,	8 In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,
9 Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.	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 lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of 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 tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.	11 The tiger has perished because it does not have prey, and the young lions have been scattered.
12 Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.	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 the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,	13 In the horror of a vision by night, when men are accustomed to be overtaken by a deep sleep,
14 Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:	14 fear and trembling seized me and all my bones were terrified.
15 And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.	15 And when a spirit passed before me, the hair on my body stood up.
16 There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:	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 man be justified in comparison of God, or 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 they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:	18 Behold, those who serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he finds imperfection.
19 How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with 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 From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.	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 And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.	21 But those who are left behind will be taken away from them; they will die, and not in wisdom.