Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and
said
,
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Job 4
21 aligned verses; 21 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
"
If someone
ventures
to talk
with you
, will
you
be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
If we
assay
to commune
with thee
, wilt
thou
be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Behold, you
have
instructed many, You
have
strengthened the weak hands.
Behold, thou
hast
instructed many, and
thou
hast
strengthened the weak hands.
Your
words have supported
him who
was falling, You
have
made
firm
the feeble knees.
Thy
words have upholden
him that
was falling, and
thou
hast
strengthened
the feeble knees.
But now it is come to
you
, and you
faint
; It touches
you
, and you
are
troubled.
But now it is come upon
thee
, and thou
faintest
; it toucheth
thee
, and thou
art
troubled.
Isn't
your
piety
your
confidence, The integrity
of your
ways your
hope
?
Is
not
this
thy
fear,
thy
confidence, thy
hope,
and
the uprightness
of thy
ways?
"
Remember, now
, whoever
perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright
cut off?
Remember, I
pray
thee
, who
ever
perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous
cut off?
According
to
what
I have seen, those
who
plow iniquity, And sow trouble
, Reap the same.
Even
as
I have seen, they
that
plow iniquity, and sow wickedness
, reap the same.
By the breath
of God they perish, By the blast
of his anger
are they consumed.
By the blast
of God they perish, and
by the breath
of his nostrils
are they consumed.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, The teeth of the young lions, are broken.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and
the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
The old lion perishes
for lack of prey, The
cubs
of
the lioness
are scattered abroad.
The old lion perisheth
for lack of prey, and
the stout
lion's
whelps
are scattered abroad.
"
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, My
ear received a whisper
of
it
.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and
mine
ear received a little
thereof
.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls
on men,
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth
on men,
Fear came on
me, and trembling, Which made all my bones shake.
Fear came upon
me, and trembling, which made all my bones to
shake.
Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up .
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up :
It stood still, but I couldn't
discern the appearance
of
it;
A
form was before my
eyes .
Silence, then
I heard a voice, saying,
It stood still, but I could
not
discern the form thereof:
an
image
was before mine
eyes ,
there
was
silence, and
I heard a voice, saying,
'
Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Behold, he puts
no trust in his servants .
He
charges
his angels with error.
Behold, he put
no trust in his servants ;
and
his angels he
charged
with folly:
How much more,
those
who
dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who
are crushed before the moth !
How much less
in
them
that
dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which
are crushed before the moth ?
Between
morning
and
evening
they are destroyed .
They perish forever
without any regarding it.
They are destroyed from
morning
to
evening:
they perish for
ever
without any regarding it.
Isn't
their tent-cord
plucked
up
within
them? They die, and
that
without wisdom. '
Doth
not
their excellency
which
is
in
them go
away
? they die, even
without wisdom.
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