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Job 4
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Job 4
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Reproches d’Eliphaz à Job
4 Eliphaz de Théman prit la parole et dit:
2 Si nous osons ouvrir la bouche, en seras-tu peiné?
Mais qui pourrait garder le silence?
3 Voici, tu as souvent enseigné les autres,
Tu as fortifié les mains languissantes,
4 Tes paroles ont relevé ceux qui chancelaient,
Tu as affermi les genoux qui pliaient.
5 Et maintenant qu’il s’agit de toi, tu faiblis!
Maintenant que tu es atteint, tu te troubles!
6 Ta crainte de Dieu n’est-elle pas ton soutien?
Ton espérance, n’est-ce pas ton intégrité?
7 Cherche dans ton souvenir: quel est l’innocent qui a péri?
Quels sont les justes qui ont été exterminés?
8 Pour moi, je l’ai vu, ceux qui labourent l’iniquité
Et qui sèment l’injustice en moissonnent les fruits;
9 Ils périssent par le souffle de Dieu,
Ils sont consumés par le vent de sa colère,
10 Le rugissement des lions prend fin,
Les dents des lionceaux sont brisées;
11 Le lion périt faute de proie,
Et les petits de la lionne se dispersent.
12 Une parole est arrivée furtivement jusqu’à moi,
Et mon oreille en a recueilli les sons légers.
13 Au moment où les visions de la nuit agitent la pensée,
Quand les hommes sont livrés à un profond sommeil,
14 Je fus saisi de frayeur et d’épouvante,
Et tous mes os tremblèrent.
15 Un esprit passa près de moi…
Tous mes cheveux se hérissèrent…
16 Une figure d’un aspect inconnu était devant mes yeux,
Et j’entendis une voix qui murmurait doucement:
17 L’homme serait-il juste devant Dieu?
Serait-il pur devant celui qui l’a fait?
18 Si Dieu n’a pas confiance en ses serviteurs[a],
S’il trouve de la folie chez ses anges,
19 Combien plus chez ceux qui habitent des maisons d’argile,
Qui tirent leur origine de la poussière,
Et qui peuvent être écrasés comme un vermisseau!
20 Du matin au soir ils sont brisés,
Ils périssent pour toujours, et nul n’y prend garde;
21 Le fil de leur vie est coupé,
Ils meurent, et ils n’ont pas acquis la sagesse.
Footnotes
- Job 4:18 Ses serviteurs, c.-à-d. les esprits célestes; cp. Hé 1:14
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
New King James Version
Job 4
New King James Version
Eliphaz: Job Has Sinned
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Surely you have instructed many,
And you (A)have strengthened weak hands.
4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
And you (B)have strengthened the [a]feeble knees;
5 But now it comes upon you, and you are weary;
It touches you, and you are troubled.
6 Is not (C)your reverence (D)your confidence?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 “Remember now, (E)who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright ever cut off?
8 Even as I have seen,
(F)Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble reap the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish,
And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion,
The voice of the fierce lion,
And (G)the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 (H)The old lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 “Now a word was secretly brought to me,
And my ear received a whisper of it.
13 (I)In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
14 Fear came upon me, and (J)trembling,
Which made all my bones shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face;
The hair on my body stood up.
16 It stood still,
But I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence;
Then I heard a voice saying:
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 If He (K)puts no trust in His servants,
If He charges His angels with error,
19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?
20 (L)They are broken in pieces from morning till evening;
They perish forever, with no one regarding.
21 Does not their own excellence go away?
They die, even without wisdom.’
Footnotes
- Job 4:4 Lit. bending
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