Job 4
NASB
Job 4:2
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"If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
Job 4:3
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"Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.
Job 4:4
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"Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees.
Job 4:5
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"But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed.
Job 4:6
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"Is not your (Or {reverence}) fear {of God} your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?
Job 4:7
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"Remember now, who {ever} perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?
Job 4:8
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"According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.
Job 4:9
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"By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
Job 4:10
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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.
Job 4:11
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"The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
Job 4:12
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"Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.
Job 4:13
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"Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
Job 4:14
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Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake.
Job 4:15
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"Then a (Or {breath passed over}) spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up.
Job 4:16
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"It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form {was} before my eyes; {There was} silence, then I heard a voice:
Job 4:17
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`Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Job 4:18
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`He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error.
Job 4:19
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`How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
Job 4:20
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`Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever.
Job 4:21
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`Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.'
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