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4:1  And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --
4:2  Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?
4:3  Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.
4:4  The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.
4:5  But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.
4:6  Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope -- the perfection of thy ways?
4:7  Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
4:8  As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
4:9  From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.
4:10  The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.
4:11  An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.
4:12  And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.
4:13  In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
4:14  Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.
4:15  And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;
4:16  It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude [is] over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:
4:17  `Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?
4:18  Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'
4:19  Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)
4:20  From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.
4:21  Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!