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4:1  In reply, Eliphaz from Teman answered:
4:2  "Will you get offended if somebody tries to talk to you? Who can keep from speaking at a time like this?
4:3  Look! You've admonished many people, and you've strengthened feeble hands.
4:4  A word from you has supported those who have stumbled, and has strengthened faltering knees.
4:5  "But now it's your turn, and you're the one who is worn out! Now it's striking you, and you're dismayed!
4:6  "Your fear of God has been your confidence, hasn't it? The integrity of your life has been your hope, hasn't it?
4:7  Now please think: Who has ever perished when they're innocent? Where have the upright been destroyed?
4:8  It's been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest!
4:9  They perish by the breath of God; they are consumed by the storm that is his anger.
4:10  "The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.
4:11  Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that's when the lion cubs are scattered.
4:12  "A message was confided to me; my ear caught a whisper of it.
4:13  Disquieting thoughts from dreams at night; when deep sleep falls on everyone.
4:14  A fear fell upon me, along with trembling that caused all my bones to shake in terror.
4:15  A spirit glided past me and made the hair on my skin to bristle.
4:16  It remained standing, but I couldn't recognize its appearance. A form appeared before my eyes; At first there was silence, and then this voice:
4:17  Can a mortal person be more righteous than God? Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?'
4:18  "Indeed, since he doesn't trust his servants, since he charges his angels with error,
4:19  how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?
4:20  They are defeated between morning and evening; they perish forever—and no one notices!
4:21  Their wealth perishes with them, doesn't it? They die, and do so without having wisdom, don't they?"