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4:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
4:2  “If someone tried to speak with you, would you be upset? I cannot keep from speaking.
4:3  Think about how many people you have taught. Think about how you have made weak hands strong.
4:4  Your words have comforted those who fell. And you have given strength to those who could not stand.
4:5  But now trouble comes to you. And you are discouraged. Trouble hits you, and you are terrified.
4:6  You should trust in your respect for God. You should have hope because you are innocent.
4:7  “Think about this now: A person who has not done wrong will not die. Honest people were never destroyed.
4:8  I have noticed that people who plow evil and plant trouble harvest it.
4:9  God’s breath destroys them. A blast of his anger kills them.
4:10  The lions roar and growl. But the teeth of great lions are broken.
4:11  The lion dies because he can’t find an animal to eat. So the cubs of the female lion are scattered.
4:12  “A word was brought to me in secret. My ears heard a whisper of it.
4:13  It was during troublesome dreams in the night when men are in deep sleep.
4:14  I was shaking with fear. All my bones were shaking.
4:15  A spirit glided past my face. The hair on my body stood up in fear.
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 man be holy in the presence of God? Can a man be pure before the one who made him?
4:18  God does not trust his servants. He even blames his angels for mistakes.
4:19  So he puts even more blame on people who live in clay houses. The foundations of these houses are made of dust. They can be crushed more easily than a moth.
4:20  Between dawn and sunset they are broken to pieces. They are not noticed. They die and are gone forever.
4:21  The ropes of their tents are pulled up. And they die without wisdom.’