Job 4
International Children’s Bible
Eliphaz Speaks
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2 “If someone tried to speak with you, would you be upset?
I cannot keep from speaking.
3 Think about how many people you have taught.
Think about how you have made weak hands strong.
4 Your words have comforted those who fell.
And you have given strength to those who could not stand.
5 But now trouble comes to you. And you are discouraged.
Trouble hits you, and you are terrified.
6 You should trust in your respect for God.
You should have hope because you are innocent.
7 “Think about this now: A person who has not done wrong will not die.
Honest people were never destroyed.
8 I have noticed that people who plow evil
and plant trouble harvest it.
9 God’s breath destroys them.
A blast of his anger kills them.
10 The lions roar and growl.
But the teeth of great lions are broken.
11 The lion dies because he can’t find an animal to eat.
So the cubs of the female lion are scattered.
12 “A word was brought to me in secret.
My ears heard a whisper of it.
13 It was during troublesome dreams in the night
when men are in deep sleep.
14 I was shaking with fear.
All my bones were shaking.
15 A spirit glided past my face.
The hair on my body stood up in fear.
16 The spirit stopped,
but I could not see what it was.
A shape stood before my eyes.
And I heard a quiet voice.
17 It said, ‘Can a man be holy in the presence of God?
Can a man be pure before the one who made him?
18 God does not trust his servants.
He even blames his angels for mistakes.
19 So he puts even more blame on people who live in clay houses.[a]
The foundations of these houses are made of dust.
They can be crushed more easily than a moth.
20 Between dawn and sunset they are broken to pieces.
They are not noticed. They die and are gone forever.
21 The ropes of their tents are pulled up.
And they die without wisdom.’
Footnotes
- 4:19 clay houses This is probably talking about people’s bodies.
约伯记 4
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
第一次对话(A)
4 提幔人以利法回答说：
2 “人想与你说话，你就厌烦吗？
但谁能忍住不发言呢？
3 看哪，你素来教导许多人，
又坚固软弱的手。
4 你的言语曾扶助跌倒的人；
你使软弱的膝盖稳固。
5 但现在祸患临到[a]你，你就烦躁了；
它挨近你，你就惊惶。
6 你的倚靠不是在于你敬畏 神吗？
你的盼望不是在于你行事纯正吗？
7 “请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？
正直的人何处被剪除？
8 按我所见，耕罪孽的，
种毒害的，照样收割。
9 神一嘘气，他们就灭亡；
神一发怒，他们就消失。
10 狮子吼叫，猛狮咆哮，
少壮狮子的牙齿被敲断。
11 公狮因缺猎物而死，
母狮的幼狮都离散。
12 “有话暗中传递给我，
耳朵听其微小的声音。
13 世人沉睡的时候，
从夜间异象的杂念中，
14 恐惧战兢临到我身，
使我百骨战抖。
15 有灵从我面前经过，
我身上的毫毛竖立。
16 那灵停住，
我却不能辨其形状；
有形像在我眼前。
我在静默中听见有声音：
17 ‘必死的人能比 神公义吗？
壮士能比造他的主纯洁吗？
18 看哪，主不信靠他的仆人，
尚且指他的使者为愚昧，
19 何况那些住在泥屋、
根基在尘土里、
被蛀虫所毁坏的人呢？
20 早晚之间，他们就被毁灭，
永归无有，无人理会。
21 他们帐棚的绳索岂不从中拔出来呢？
他们死，且是无智慧而死。’”
Footnotes
- 4．5 “祸患临到”：原文是“它临到”。
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