Job 4

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,	1 Then spoke Eliphaz the Temanite, who said:
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?	2 If someone attempts a word with you, will you mind? For how can anyone refrain from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.	3 Behold, you have instructed many, and have made firm their feeble hands.
4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.	4 Your words have upheld the stumbler; you have strengthened his faltering knees.
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.	5 But now that it comes to you, you are impatient; when it touches yourself, you are dismayed.
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?	6 Is not your piety a source of confidence, and your integrity of life your hope?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?	7 Reflect now, what innocent person perishes? Since when are the upright destroyed?
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.	8 As I see it, those who plow for mischief and sow trouble, reap the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.	9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his wrath they are consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.	10 Though the lion roars, though the king of beasts cries out, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken;
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.	11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.	12 For a word was stealthily brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,	13 In my thoughts during visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.	14 Fear came upon me, and shuddering, that terrified me to the bones.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:	15 Then a spirit passed before me, and the hair of my flesh 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 It paused, but its likeness I could not discern; a figure was before my eyes, and I heard a still voice:
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?	17 "Can a man be righteous as against God? Can a mortal be blameless against his Maker?
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:	18 Lo, he puts no trust in his servants, and with his angels he can find fault.
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 with those that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed more easily than the moth!
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.	20 Morning or evening they may be shattered; with no heed paid to it, they perish forever.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.	21 The pegs of their tent are plucked up; they die without knowing wisdom."