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Job 4:1-7
English Standard Version Anglicised
Job 4:1-7
English Standard Version Anglicised
Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have (A)strengthened the weak hands.
4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have (B)made firm the feeble knees.
5 But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
it touches you, and you are dismayed.
6 (C)Is not your fear of God[a] your (D)confidence,
and the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 “Remember: (E)who that was innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright cut off?
Footnotes
- Job 4:6 Hebrew lacks of God
Job 4:1-7
New International Version
Job 4:1-7
New International Version
Eliphaz
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:
2 “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?(B)
3 Think how you have instructed many,(C)
how you have strengthened feeble hands.(D)
4 Your words have supported those who stumbled;(E)
you have strengthened faltering knees.(F)
5 But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;(G)
it strikes(H) you, and you are dismayed.(I)
6 Should not your piety be your confidence(J)
and your blameless(K) ways your hope?
Job 4:1-7
King James Version
Job 4:1-7
King James Version
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
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Job 5:8-27
English Standard Version Anglicised
Job 5:8-27
English Standard Version Anglicised
8 “As for me, I would seek God,
and to God would I commit my cause,
9 who (A)does great things and (B)unsearchable,
(C)marvellous things without number:
10 he gives (D)rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;
11 he (E)sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He (F)frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He (G)catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime
and (H)grope at noonday as in the night.
15 But he (I)saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor have hope,
and (J)injustice shuts her mouth.
17 “Behold, (K)blessed is the one whom God reproves;
therefore (L)despise not the discipline of the (M)Almighty.
18 For he wounds, but he (N)binds up;
he (O)shatters, but his hands heal.
19 He will (P)deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no (Q)evil[a] shall touch you.
20 (R)In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You shall be (S)hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear (T)the beasts of the earth.
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 You shall know that your (U)tent is at peace,
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
25 You shall know also that your (V)offspring shall be many,
and your descendants as (W)the grass of the earth.
26 You shall come to your grave in (X)ripe old age,
like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
27 Behold, this we have (Y)searched out; it is true.
Hear, and know it for your good.”[b]
Job 5:8-27
New International Version
Job 5:8-27
New International Version
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.(A)
9 He performs wonders(B) that cannot be fathomed,(C)
miracles that cannot be counted.(D)
10 He provides rain for the earth;(E)
he sends water on the countryside.(F)
11 The lowly he sets on high,(G)
and those who mourn(H) are lifted(I) to safety.
12 He thwarts the plans(J) of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.(K)
13 He catches the wise(L) in their craftiness,(M)
and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(N)
14 Darkness(O) comes upon them in the daytime;
at noon they grope as in the night.(P)
15 He saves the needy(Q) from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(R)
16 So the poor(S) have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(T)
17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(U)
so do not despise the discipline(V) of the Almighty.[a](W)
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(X)
he injures, but his hands also heal.(Y)
19 From six calamities he will rescue(Z) you;
in seven no harm will touch you.(AA)
20 In famine(AB) he will deliver you from death,
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.(AC)
21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,(AD)
and need not fear(AE) when destruction comes.(AF)
22 You will laugh(AG) at destruction and famine,(AH)
and need not fear the wild animals.(AI)
23 For you will have a covenant(AJ) with the stones(AK) of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.(AL)
24 You will know that your tent is secure;(AM)
you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.(AN)
25 You will know that your children will be many,(AO)
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.(AP)
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor,(AQ)
like sheaves gathered in season.(AR)
Footnotes
- Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job
Job 5:8-27
King James Version
Job 5:8-27
King James Version
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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