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4:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
4:2  "If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
4:3  "Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.
4:4  "Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees.
4:5  "But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed.
4:6  "Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?
4:7  "Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?
4:8  "According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.
4:9  "By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
4:10  "The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
4:11  "The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
4:12  "Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.
4:13  "Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
4:14  Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake.
4:15  "Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up.
4:16  "It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice:
4:17  'Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
4:18  'He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error.
4:19  'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
4:20  'Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever.
4:21  'Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.'