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The Book of Job, Chapter 4
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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If we assay tocommune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself
from speaking?
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast
strengthened the weak hands.
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Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast
strengthened the feeble knees.
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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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Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the
uprightness of thy ways?
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Remember, I pray thee, who ever
perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
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Even as I have seen, they that 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
are they consumed.
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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 old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's
whelps are scattered abroad.
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Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a
little thereof.
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In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep
falleth on men,
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Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all
my bones to shake.
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Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood
up:
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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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Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be
more pure than his maker?
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Behold, he put no trust in his
servants; and his angels he charged 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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They are destroyed from
morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
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Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die,
even without wisdom.
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