THE BOOK OF JOB --4
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And Eliphaz the Temanite answered: |
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Shall one try a word with you, you who are weary? But who can hold back with words? |
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Behold, you have instructed many, and you have made the weak hands strong. |
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Your words have upheld him who was falling, and you have made strong the feeble knees. |
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But now it has come upon you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled. |
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Is not your reverence your hope? Is not your hope the uprightness of your ways? |
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Remember, please, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off? |
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As I have seen, the ones who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same. |
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By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of His nostrils they are destroyed. |
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The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. |
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The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the strong lion's cubs are scattered abroad. |
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And a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little of it. |
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In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, |
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fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake. |
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And a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up. |
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It stood still, but I could not tell the form of it. An image was before my eyes; silence; then I heard a voice, |
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Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? |
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Behold, He puts no trust in His servants, and His angels He charges with folly! |
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How much less in those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth? |
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They are destroyed from morning till evening; they perish forever without anyone caring. |
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Is not their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, but not with wisdom. |
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