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Eliphaz Says the Innocent Do Not Suffer

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

“If one tries a word with you, will you become weary?
But (A)who can hold back [a]from speaking?
Behold, (B)you have disciplined many,
And you have strengthened limp hands.
Your words have [b]helped the stumbling to stand,
And you have encouraged [c]feeble knees.
But now it has come to you, and you (C)are impatient;
It (D)touches you, and you are dismayed.
Is not your [d](E)fear of God (F)your confidence,
And the integrity of your ways your hope?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:2 Lit in words
  2. Job 4:4 Lit caused
  3. Job 4:4 Lit bowing
  4. Job 4:6 Or reverence

First Series of Speeches

Eliphaz Speaks

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
Indeed, you have instructed many
and have strengthened(A) weak hands.
Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.(B)
But now that this has happened to you,
you have become exhausted.
It strikes(C) you, and you are dismayed.
Isn’t your piety your confidence,
and the integrity of your life[a] your hope?(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:6 Lit ways