Job 4 · איוב

Then Elifaz the Temanite answered and said,

If one ventures a word to thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; it touches thee, and thou art troubled.

Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?

Recall, now, who that was innocent ever perished? or where were the upright cut off?

Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

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

The roar of the lion, and the cry of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

Now a word came stealthily to me, and my ear took fright at it.

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls,

fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

Then a spirit passed before my face; it made the hair of my flesh to bristle up:

it stood still, but I could not discern its form: a shape was before my eyes: there was silence, and I heard a voice saying,

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Behold, he puts no trust in his servants; and his angels he charges with folly:

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Between morning and evening they are destroyed: they perish for ever without anyone paying heed.

Is not their excellency which was in them gone away? they die; for they are without wisdom.