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Job 4

Eliphaz: Innocent Do Not Suffer

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite  1answered,

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"If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But  awho can refrain  1from speaking?

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"Behold  ayou have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.

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"Your words have  1helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened  2feeble knees.

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"But now it has come to you, and you  aare impatient; It  btouches you, and you are dismayed.

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"Is not your  1 afear of God  byour confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?

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"Remember now,  awho ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?

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"According to what I have seen,  athose who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.

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"By  athe breath of God they perish, And  bby the  1blast of His anger they come to an end.

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"The  aroaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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"The  alion perishes for lack of prey, And the  bwhelps of the lioness are scattered.

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"Now a word  awas brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a  bwhisper of it.

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"Amid disquieting  athoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,

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Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made  1all my bones shake.

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"Then a  1spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up.

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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:

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`Can  amankind be just  1before God? Can a man be pure  1before his  bMaker?

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aHe puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error.

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`How much more those who dwell in  ahouses of clay, Whose  bfoundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

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aBetween morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they  bperish forever.

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`Is not their  atent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet  bwithout wisdom.'



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