| 4:1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, |
| 4:2 | [If] we try to speak with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can restrain from speaking? |
| 4:3 | Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. |
| 4:4 | Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. |
| 4:5 | But now it hath come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. |
| 4:6 | [Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? |
| 4:7 | Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? |
| 4:8 | Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. |
| 4:9 | By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. |
| 4:10 | The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. |
| 4:11 | The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. |
| 4:12 | Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it. |
| 4:13 | In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, |
| 4:14 | Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. |
| 4:15 | Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: |
| 4:16 | It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image [was] before my eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying], |
| 4:17 | Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? |
| 4:18 | Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: |
| 4:19 | How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [who] are crushed before the moth? |
| 4:20 | They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding [it]. |
| 4:21 | Doth not their excellency [which is] in them depart? they die, even without wisdom. |
Ayub 4 - Revised Webster Version
