| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. | | The Book of Job | | 4 |
Eliphaz Rebukes Job |
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Then El'iphaz the Te'manite answered and said,
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If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?
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But who can withhold himself from speaking? |
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Behold, thou hast instructed many,
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and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. |
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Thy words have upholden him that was falling,
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and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. |
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But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest;
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it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. |
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Is not this thy fear, thy confidence,
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thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? |
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Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?
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Or where were the righteous cut off? |
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Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,
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and sow wickedness, reap the same. |
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By the blast of God they perish,
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and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. |
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The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,
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and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. |
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The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,
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and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. |
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Now a thing was secretly brought to me,
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and mine ear received a little thereof. |
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In thoughts from the visions of the night,
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when deep sleep falleth on men, |
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fear came upon me, and trembling,
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which made all my bones to shake. |
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Then a spirit passed before my face;
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the hair of my flesh stood up: |
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it stood still,
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but I could not discern the form thereof: |
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an image was before mine eyes, |
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there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, |
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Shall mortal man be more just than God?
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Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? |
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Behold, he put no trust in his servants;
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and his angels he charged with folly: |
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how much less in them that dwell in houses of clay,
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whose foundation is in the dust, |
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which are crushed before the moth? |
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They are destroyed from morning to evening:
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they perish for ever without any regarding it. |
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Doth not their excellency which is in them go away?
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They die, even without wisdom. |
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