Job Chapter 4
I’m not at rest; only trouble is coming.” Job 3:20-26
1 Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2 “Will you be offended if someone offers you advice?
Who can help speaking up?
3 You’ve admonished many people
and encouraged the weak.
4 What you’ve said has helped the tottering stand
and weak knees hold firm.
5 But now difficulty has come to you,
and you’re impatient and distressed.
6 Isn’t your reverence for God your confidence,
and the integrity of your ways your hope?
Job 4:1-6
7 “Think now, who ever perished that was innocent?
Where were the godly ever destroyed?
8 In my experience, those who plow sin
and sow trouble, reap it.
9 They perish by God’s breath;
a blast of his anger consumes them.
10 A lion roars; it can roar loud;
but even the teeth of a young lion can be broken.
11 A lion perishes because there’s no prey,
and the cubs of a lioness scatter.
Job 4:7-11
12 “A message crept in quietly to me;
I heard it whisper.
13 In my dreams at night when deep sleep comes,
14 dread overwhelmed me, and I trembled all over.
15 A spirit glided by my face
and made my hair stand up.
16 It stood still,
but I couldn’t make out what it looked like;
a form hovered in front of me;
everything was quiet; then I heard a voice:
17 ‘Can mortals be good in God’s presence?
Can they be as pure as their Maker?
18 God doesn’t trust his own servants;
he even brings charges against his angels,
19 much more those who live in clay houses,
whose foundations lie in dust,
who get crushed as easy as a moth!
20 In one day they’re broken to pieces;
they perish forever without anyone noticing.
21 Isn’t their tent-rope pulled up inside them?