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Iov 4
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Iov 4
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Cuvântarea lui Elifaz către Iov
4 Elifaz din Teman a luat cuvântul şi a zis:
2 „Dacă vom îndrăzni să-ţi vorbim, te vei supăra?
Dar cine ar putea să tacă?
3 De multe ori tu ai învăţat pe alţii
şi ai întărit mâinile(A) slăbite.
4 Cuvintele tale au ridicat pe cei ce se clătinau
şi ai întărit genunchii(B) care se îndoiau.
5 Şi acum, când este vorba de tine, eşti slab!
Acum, când eşti atins tu, te tulburi!
Nu este frica(C) ta de Dumnezeu sprijinul tău?
6 Nădejdea(D) ta nu-i neprihănirea ta?
7 Adu-ţi aminte, te rog! Care nevinovat(E) a pierit?
Care oameni neprihăniţi au fost nimiciţi?
8 După câte am văzut eu, numai cei ce ară(F) fărădelegea
şi seamănă nelegiuirea îi seceră roadele!
9 Aceia pier prin suflarea lui Dumnezeu,
nimiciţi de vântul mâniei Lui.
10 Mugetul leilor încetează,
dinţii(G) puilor de lei sunt zdrobiţi!
11 Leul(H) bătrân piere din lipsă de pradă
şi puii leoaicei se risipesc.
Toţi oamenii sunt vinovaţi
12 Un cuvânt s-a furişat până la mine,
şi urechea mea i-a prins sunetele uşoare.
13 În clipa când(I) vedeniile de noapte frământă gândul,
când oamenii sunt cufundaţi într-un somn adânc,
14 m-a apucat groaza(J) şi spaima,
şi toate oasele mi-au tremurat.
15 Un duh a trecut pe lângă mine…
Tot părul mi s-a zbârlit ca ariciul…
16 Un chip cu o înfăţişare necunoscută era înaintea ochilor mei.
Şi am auzit un glas care şoptea încetişor:
17 ‘Fi-va omul(K) fără vină înaintea lui Dumnezeu?
Fi-va el curat înaintea Celui ce l-a făcut?’
18 Dacă n-are încredere Dumnezeu(L) nici în slujitorii Săi,
dacă găseşte El greşeli chiar la îngerii Săi,
19 cu cât(M) mai mult la cei ce locuiesc în case(N) de lut,
care îşi trag obârşia din ţărână
şi pot fi zdrobiţi ca un vierme!
20 De dimineaţă până seara sunt(O) zdrobiţi,
pier pentru totdeauna şi nimeni nu ţine seama de ei.
21 Li se(P) taie firul vieţii:
mor şi tot n-au căpătat înţelepciunea!(Q)
Job 4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Job 4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
First Series of Speeches
Eliphaz Speaks
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 Indeed, you have instructed many
and have strengthened(A) weak hands.
4 Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.(B)
5 But now that this has happened to you,
you have become exhausted.
It strikes(C) you, and you are dismayed.
6 Isn’t your piety your confidence,
and the integrity of your life[a] your hope?(D)
7 Consider: who has perished when he was innocent?
Where have the honest been destroyed?(E)
8 In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble(F) reap the same.(G)
9 They perish at a single blast(H) from God
and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils.(I)
10 The lion may roar and the fierce lion(J) growl,
but the fangs of young lions are broken.(K)
11 The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(L)
12 A word was brought to me in secret;
my ears caught a whisper of it.(M)
13 Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,(N)
when deep sleep(O) descends on men,
14 fear and trembling came over me(P)
and made all my bones shake.
15 A wind[b] passed by me,
and I shuddered with fear.[c]
16 A figure stood there,
but I could not recognize its appearance;
a form loomed before my eyes.
I heard a quiet voice:
17 “Can a person be more righteous than God,
or a man more pure than his Maker?”(Q)
18 If God puts no trust in His servants
and He charges His angels with foolishness,[d](R)
19 how much more those who dwell in clay houses,(S)
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
20 They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
they perish forever while no one notices.(T)
21 Are their tent cords not pulled up?
They die without wisdom.(U)
Job 4
New International Version
Job 4
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?
7 “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?(L)
Where were the upright ever destroyed?(M)
8 As I have observed,(N) those who plow evil(O)
and those who sow trouble reap it.(P)
9 At the breath of God(Q) they perish;
at the blast of his anger they are no more.(R)
10 The lions may roar(S) and growl,
yet the teeth of the great lions(T) are broken.(U)
11 The lion perishes for lack of prey,(V)
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(W)
12 “A word(X) was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper(Y) of it.(Z)
13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,(AA)
14 fear and trembling(AB) seized me
and made all my bones shake.(AC)
15 A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body stood on end.(AD)
16 It stopped,
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:(AE)
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?(AF)
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?(AG)
18 If God places no trust in his servants,(AH)
if he charges his angels with error,(AI)
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(AJ)
whose foundations(AK) are in the dust,(AL)
who are crushed(AM) more readily than a moth!(AN)
20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish forever.(AO)
21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,(AP)
so that they die(AQ) without wisdom?’(AR)
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