Job 4:1-21 KJV11 - Bible AI

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1Then Eliphaz464 the Temanite8489 answered6030 and said559,

2If we assay5254 to commune1697 with thee, wilt thou be grieved3811? but who can3201 withhold6113 himself from speaking4405? to: Heb. a word withhold: Heb. refrain from words?

3Behold, thou hast instructed3256 many7227, and thou hast strengthened2388 the weak7504 hands3027.

4Thy words4405 have upholden6965 him that was falling3782, and thou hast strengthened553 the feeble3766 knees1290.

5But now it is come935 upon thee, and thou faintest3811; it toucheth5060 thee, and thou art troubled926.

6Is not this thy fear3374, thy confidence3690, thy hope8615, and the uprightness8537 of thy ways1870?

7Remember2142, I pray thee, who ever perished6, being innocent5355? or where375 were the righteous3477 cut off3582?

8Even as I have seen7200, they that plow2790 iniquity205, and sow2232 wickedness5999, reap7114 the same.

9By the blast5397 of God433 they perish6, and by the breath7307 of his nostrils639 are they consumed3615. by the breath: that is, by his anger

10The roaring7581 of the lion738, and the voice6963 of the fierce lion7826, and the teeth8127 of the young lions3715, are broken5421.

11The old lion3918 perisheth6 for lack1097 of prey2964, and the stout lion's3833 whelps1121 are scattered abroad6504.

12Now a thing1697 was secretly brought1589 to me, and mine ear241 received3947 a little8102 thereof. secretly: Heb. by stealth

13In thoughts5587 from the visions2384 of the night3915, when deep sleep8639 falleth5307 on men582,

14Fear6343 came7122 upon me, and trembling7461, which made all7230 my bones6106 to shake6342. came: Heb. met all: Heb. the multitude of

15Then a spirit7307 passed2498 before my face6440; the hair8185 of my flesh1320 stood up5568:

16It stood still5975, but I could not discern5234 the form4758 thereof: an image8544 was before mine eyes5869, there was silence1827, and I heard8085 a voice6963, saying, there: or, I heard a still voice

17Shall mortal man582 be more just6663 than God433? shall a man1397 be more pure2891 than his maker6213?

18Behold, he put no trust539 in his servants5650; and his angels4397 he charged7760 with folly8417: and his: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light

19How much less637 in them that dwell7931 in houses1004 of clay2563, whose foundation3247 is in the dust6083, which are crushed1792 before6440 the moth6211?

20They are destroyed3807 from morning1242 to evening6153: they perish6 for ever5331 without any regarding7760 it. destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces

21Doth not their excellency3499 which is in them go away5265? they die4191, even without wisdom2451.

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