JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 4Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 4ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Then Eliphaz, the Themanite, answered, and said: 2If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill; but who can withhold the words he hath conceived? 3Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands: 4Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees: 5But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: It hath touched thee, and thou art troubled. 6Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways? 7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed? 8On the contrary, I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them, 9Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath. 10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions, are broken: 11The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad. 12Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth, as it were, received the veins of its whisper. 13In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men, 14Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted: 15And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up. 16There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice, as it were, of a gentle wind. 17Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker? 18Behold, they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness: 19How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth? 20From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever. 21And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom. ‹Previous chapterJob 3Next chapterJob 5›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 4 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain