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Job 4 (KJV)
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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If we assay to commune 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.
Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV).
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