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4:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
4:2  “If someone tried to speak with you, would you be ·upset [or discouraged]? I cannot keep from speaking.
4:3  Think about the many people you have taught and the weak hands you have made strong.
4:4  Your words have ·comforted [L lifted up] those who ·fell [stumbled], and you have strengthened those ·who could not stand [L with weak knees].
4:5  But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; ·trouble hits [L it touches] you, and you are ·terrified [disturbed].
4:6  ·You should have [Shouldn’t you have…?] confidence because you ·respect [fear; have awe for] God; ·you should [should you not…?] have hope because ·you are innocent [L of your innocent ways].
4:7  “Remember ·that the innocent will not die [L who being innocent/blameless has perished…?]; ·honest people will never be [L when were the honest/virtuous…? ] destroyed.
4:8  I have ·noticed [seen] that people who plow ·evil [wickedness] and plant trouble, harvest it.
4:9  God’s breath destroys them, and a blast of his anger ·kills [finishes] them.
4:10  Lions may roar and lion cubs growl, but when the teeth of a strong lion are broken,
4:11  that lion dies ·of hunger [L without prey]. The cubs of the mother lion are scattered [C the wicked may briefly prosper but will ultimately perish].
4:12  “A word ·was brought to me in secret [L stole over me], and my ears heard a whisper of it [C Eliphaz claims a supernatural revelation that supports his teaching].
4:13  It was during ·a nightmare [L anxious thoughts of a night vision] when people are in deep sleep.
4:14  I was trembling with fear; all my bones were shaking.
4:15  A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my ·body [L skin] stood on end.
4:16  The spirit stopped, but I could not see what it was. A shape stood before my eyes, and I heard a quiet voice.
4:17  It said, ‘Can a human be more right than God? Can a person be pure before his maker? [C the implied answer is no]
4:18  God does not trust his ·angels [L servants]; he blames ·them [L angels] for mistakes.
4:19  So ·he puts even more blame on [L what about…?] people who live in clay houses [C physical bodies], whose foundations are made of dust [Gen. 2:7], who can be crushed like a moth.
4:20  Between ·dawn and sunset [L morning and evening] many people are broken to pieces; without being noticed, they die and are gone forever.
4:21  The ropes of their tents are pulled up, and they die without wisdom.’