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4:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied,
4:2  “Job, suppose someone tries to talk to you. Will that make you uneasy? I can’t keep from speaking up.
4:3  Look, you taught many people. You made weak hands strong.
4:4  Your words helped those who had fallen down. You made shaky knees strong.
4:5  Now trouble comes to you. And you are unhappy about it. It strikes you down. And you are afraid.
4:6  Shouldn’t you worship God and trust in him? Shouldn’t your honest life give you hope?
4:7  “Here’s something to think about. Have people who aren’t guilty ever been wiped out? Have honest people ever been completely destroyed?
4:8  Here’s what I’ve observed. People gather a crop from what they plant. If they plant evil and trouble, that’s what they will harvest.
4:9  The breath of God destroys them. The blast of his anger wipes them out.
4:10  Powerful lions might roar and growl. But their teeth are broken.
4:11  Lions die because they don’t have any food. Then their cubs are scattered.
4:12  “A message came to me in secret. It was as quiet as a whisper.
4:13  I had a scary dream one night. I was sound asleep.
4:14  Fear and trembling seized me. That made every bone in my body shake.
4:15  A spirit glided past my face. The hair on my body stood on end.
4:16  Then the spirit stopped. But I couldn’t tell what it was. Something stood there in front of me. I heard a soft voice.
4:17  It said, ‘Can a human being be more right than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than the God who made him?
4:18  God doesn’t trust those who serve him. He even brings charges against his angels.
4:19  So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are made out of dust. They can be crushed more easily than a moth.
4:20  Between sunrise and sunset they are broken to pieces. Nobody even notices. They disappear forever.
4:21  Like a tent that falls down, they get weak. They die because they didn’t follow God’s wisdom.’ ”