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Job 4
Lexham English Bible
Job 4
Lexham English Bible
Eliphaz’s First Response to Job
4 Then[a] Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 “If someone would test a word with you, would you be offended?
But[b] who can refrain from speaking?
3 Look, you have instructed many,
and you have strengthened weak hands.
4 Your words have raised up the one who stumbles,
and you have strengthened knees giving way.
5 But now it has come to you, and you are worn out;
it touches you, and you are horrified.
6 Is not your fear in God your confidence?
Is not your hope even[c] the integrity of your ways?
7 “Think[d] now, who has perished who is innocent?
Or[e] where are the upright destroyed?
8 Just as I have seen, plowers of mischief
and sowers of trouble will reap it.
9 By[f] the breath of God they perish,
and by[g] the blast of his anger they come to an end.
10 The roar of the lion and the voice of a lion in its prime,
and the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 The lion is perishing without[h] prey,
and the lion’s whelps are scattered.
12 “And a word came stealing to me,
and my ear received the whisper from it.
13 Amid troubling thoughts from night visions,
at the falling of deep sleep on men,
14 dread met me, and trembling,
and it made many of my bones shake.
15 And a spirit glided before my face;
the hair of my flesh[i] bristled.
16 It stood still, but[j] I could not recognize its appearance;
a form was before[k] my eyes;
there was a hush, and I heard a voice:
17 ‘Can a human being be more righteous than God,
or can a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Look, he does not trust in his servants
and he charges his angels with error.
19 How much more dwellers in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust?
They are crushed like a moth.
20 Between morning and evening[l] they are destroyed;
without anyone regarding it they perish forever.
21 Is not their tent cord pulled up within them?
They die, but[m] not in[n] wisdom.’
Footnotes
- Job 4:1 Hebrew “And”
- Job 4:2 Hebrew “And”
- Job 4:6 Hebrew “and”
- Job 4:7 Literally “Remember”
- Job 4:7 Hebrew “And”
- Job 4:9 Or “From”
- Job 4:9 Or “from”
- Job 4:11 Or “from lack of”
- Job 4:15 Or “body”
- Job 4:16 Hebrew “and”
- Job 4:16 Literally “to before”
- Job 4:20 Literally “from morning to the evening”
- Job 4:21 Hebrew “and”
- Job 4:21 Or “with”
Job 4
La Bible du Semeur
Job 4
La Bible du Semeur
Premier discours d’Éliphaz
Personne n’est innocent
4 Alors Eliphaz de Témân prit la parole et dit :
2 Peut-on risquer un mot ? ╵Tu es si abattu[a] !
Mais qui peut garder le silence ?
3 Tu as instruit beaucoup de gens
et tu as fortifié ╵ceux qui baissaient les bras.
4 Tes propos relevaient ╵celui qui trébuchait,
et tu raffermissais ╵ceux dont les genoux fléchissaient.
5 Maintenant qu’il s’agit de toi, ╵tu es découragé !
Maintenant que cela te touche, ╵te voilà tout désemparé !
6 La crainte que tu as de Dieu n’est-elle pas ╵la source de ton assurance ?
Et ton intégrité ╵n’est-elle pas ton espérance ?
7 Cherche dans ta mémoire : ╵quel est donc l’innocent ╵qui jamais a péri ?
Où sont les hommes droits ╵qui ont été anéantis ?
8 D’après ce que j’ai vu, ╵les artisans d’iniquité
et ceux qui sèment le malheur ╵en moissonnent les fruits :
9 sous le souffle de Dieu, ╵les voilà qui périssent,
dans son courroux, il les consume.
10 Le lion a beau rugir ╵et le fauve gronder,
ils sont brisés, les crocs des lionceaux.
11 Le lion périt faute de proie,
les petits de la lionne ╵sont dispersés.
12 Un oracle furtif ╵s’est glissé jusqu’à moi,
et mon oreille en a saisi ╵le murmure léger :
13 pendant les visions de la nuit, ╵au milieu d’un flot de pensées,
à l’heure où un profond sommeil ╵s’empare des humains,
14 un frisson d’épouvante ╵a parcouru mon corps,
tous mes os en tremblèrent.
15 Un esprit effleura ma face,
hérissant les poils sur ma peau.
16 Il se tenait debout. ╵Je ne pus reconnaître ╵à quoi il ressemblait,
mais cette apparition ╵resta devant mes yeux.
J’entendis une voix ╵qui murmurait tout doucement :
17 « Un humain serait-il ╵plus juste que son Créateur ?
Un homme peut-il être ╵plus pur que Dieu ?
18 Si, en ses propres serviteurs ╵Dieu ne peut se fier,
et si même en ses anges ╵il trouve des défauts,
19 à plus forte raison ╵il ne peut se fier ╵aux pauvres créatures ╵habitant dans des corps d’argile,
qui ne sont que poussière[b]
et qu’on peut écraser ╵comme des vermisseaux.
20 Entre le matin et le soir, ╵ils sont réduits en poudre.
Sans qu’on y prenne garde, ╵les voilà qui périssent.
21 Les cordes qui tenaient leur tente ╵sont soudain arrachées,
et c’est ainsi qu’ils meurent ╵sans avoir acquis la sagesse. »
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)
Job 4
King James Version
Job 4
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?
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
16 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,
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
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