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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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Then Eliphaz from Teman spoke up:
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:
Job.4.2
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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"Would you mind if I said something to you? Under the circumstances it's hard to keep quiet.
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"If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
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"If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
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"Will you be patient and let me say a word? For who could keep from speaking out?
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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You yourself have done this plenty of times, spoken words that clarify, encouraged those who were about to quit.
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Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
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Surely you have instructed many, And you have strengthened weak hands.
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"In the past you have encouraged many a troubled soul to trust in God; you have supported those who were weak.
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Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
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Your words have put stumbling people on their feet, put fresh hope in people about to collapse.
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Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
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Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, And you have strengthened the feeble knees;
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Your words have strengthened the fallen; you steadied those who wavered.
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But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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But now you're the one in trouble--you're hurting! You've been hit hard and you're reeling from the blow.
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But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
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But now it comes upon you, and you are weary; It touches you, and you are troubled.
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But now when trouble strikes, you faint and are broken.
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Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
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But shouldn't your devout life give you confidence now? Shouldn't your exemplary life give you hope?
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Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
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Is not your reverence your confidence? And the integrity of your ways your hope?
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Does your reverence for God give you no confidence? Shouldn't you believe that God will care for those who are upright?
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Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
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"Think! Has a truly innocent person ever ended up on the scrap heap? Do genuinely upright people ever lose out in the end?
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"Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
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"Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off?
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"Stop and think! Does the innocent person perish? When has the upright person been destroyed?
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Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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It's my observation that those who plow evil and sow trouble reap evil and trouble.
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As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.
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Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same.
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My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
Job.4.9
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
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One breath from God and they fall apart, one blast of his anger and there's nothing left of them.
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At the breath of God they are destroyed; at the blast of his anger they perish.
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By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.
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They perish by a breath from God. They vanish in a blast of his anger.
Job.4.10
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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The mighty lion, king of the beasts, roars mightily, but when he's toothless he's useless--
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The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
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The roaring of the lion, The voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
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Though they are fierce young lions, they will all be broken and destroyed.
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The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
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No teeth, no prey--and the cubs wander off to fend for themselves.
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The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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The old lion perishes for lack of prey, And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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The fierce lion will starve, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.
Job.4.12
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
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"A word came to me in secret--a mere whisper of a word, but I heard it clearly.
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"A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.
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"Now a word was secretly brought to me, And my ear received a whisper of it.
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"This truth was given me in secret, as though whispered in my ear.
Job.4.13
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
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It came in a scary dream one night, after I had fallen into a deep, deep sleep.
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Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
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In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
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It came in a vision at night as others slept.
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Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
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Dread stared me in the face, and Terror. I was scared to death--I shook from head to foot.
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fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
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Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones shake.
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Fear gripped me; I trembled and shook with terror.
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Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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A spirit glided right in front of me--the hair on my head stood on end.
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A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
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Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair on my body stood up.
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A spirit swept past my face. Its wind sent shivers up my spine.
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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,
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I couldn't tell what it was that appeared there--a blur... and then I heard a muffled voice:
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It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:
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It stood still, But I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; There was silence; Then I heard a voice saying:
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It stopped, but I couldn't see its shape. There was a form before my eyes, and a hushed voice said,
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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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How can mere mortals be more righteous than God? How can humans be purer than their Creator?
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'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
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"Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
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`Can a mortal be just and upright before God? Can a person be pure before the Creator?'
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Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
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Why, God doesn't even trust his own servants, doesn't even cheer his angels,
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If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,
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If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error,
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"If God cannot trust his own angels and has charged some of them with folly,
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How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
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So how much less these bodies composed of mud, fragile as moths?
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how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
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How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before a moth?
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how much less will he trust those made of clay! Their foundation is dust, and they are crushed as easily as moths.
Job.4.20
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
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These bodies of ours are here today and gone tomorrow, and no one even notices--gone without a trace.
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Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.
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They are broken in pieces from morning till evening; They perish forever, with no one regarding.
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They are alive in the morning, but by evening they are dead, gone forever without a trace.
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Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
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When the tent stakes are ripped up, the tent collapses--we die and are never the wiser for having lived.'
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Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?'
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Does not their own excellence go away? They die, even without wisdom.'
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Their tent collapses; they die in ignorance.
