Job
4 And Elʹi·phaz+ the Teʹman·ite proceeded to reply and say:
2 “If one does try out a word* to you, will you become weary?
But to put a restraint on words who is able?
5 But this time it comes to you, and you become weary;
It touches even you, and you get disturbed.
6 Is not your reverence [the basis of] your confidence?
Is not your hope even the integrity+ of your ways?
7 Remember, please: Who that is innocent has ever perished?
And where have the upright+ ever been effaced?
8 According to what I have seen, those devising what is hurtful
And those sowing trouble will themselves reap it.+
9 Through the breath of God they perish,
And through the spirit of his anger they come to an end.
10 There is the roaring of a lion,* and the voice of a young lion,
But the teeth of maned young lions do get broken down.
11 A lion is perishing from there being no prey,
And the cubs of a lion* are separated from one another.
12 Now to me a word was stealthily brought,
And my ear proceeded to get a whisper of it,+
13 In disquieting thoughts from visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls upon men.
14 A dread came over me, and a trembling,
And the multitude of my bones it filled with dread.
15 And a spirit itself went passing over my face;
The hair of my flesh began to bristle.
16 It began to stand still,
But I did not recognize its appearance;
A form was in front of my eyes;
There was a calm, and I now heard a voice:
17 ‘Mortal man*—can he be more just than God* himself?
Or can able-bodied man be cleaner than his own Maker?’
19 How much more so with those dwelling in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust!+
One crushes them* more quickly than a moth.
20 From morning to evening they are crushed to pieces;
Without anyone’s taking [it to heart] they perish forever.
21 Has not their tent cord within them been pulled out?
They die for lack of wisdom.