4:1 Then Eli'phaz the Te'manite answered:
4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

4:2 "If one ventures a word with you, will you be offended? Yet who can keep from speaking?
4:2 "If one ventures a word with you, will you be offended? But who can keep from speaking?

4:3 Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
4:3 See, you have instructed many; you have strengthened the weak hands.

4:4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees.
4:4 Your words have supported those who were stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees.

4:5 But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
4:5 But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.

4:6 Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?
4:6 Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?

4:7 "Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
4:7 "Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?

4:8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
4:8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

4:9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
4:9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

4:10 The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
4:10 The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.

4:11 The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
4:11 The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

4:12 "Now a word was brought to me stealthily, my ear received the whisper of it.
4:12 "Now a word came stealing to me, my ear received the whisper of it.

4:13 Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
4:13 Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals,

4:14 dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
4:14 dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.

4:15 A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.
4:15 A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh bristled.

4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice:
4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice:

4:17 `Can mortal man be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
4:17 'Can mortals be righteous before God? Can human beings be pure before their Maker?

4:18 Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error;
4:18 Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error;

4:19 how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.
4:19 how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth.

4:20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed; they perish for ever without any regarding it.
4:20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed; they perish forever without any regarding it.

4:21 If their tent-cord is plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?'
4:21 Their tent-cord is plucked up within them, and they die devoid of wisdom.'