Job Capítulo 4

4 : 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

4 : 2 If a man tries to converse with thee, will thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

4 : 3 Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands.

4 : 4 Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.

4 : 5 But now it comes to thee, and thou faint. It touches thee, and thou are troubled.

4 : 6 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

4 : 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

4 : 8 According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

4 : 9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

4 : 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

4 : 11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

4 : 12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.

4 : 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

4 : 14 fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

4 : 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.

4 : 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes. There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

4 : 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

4 : 18 Behold, he puts no trust in his servants, and he charges his agents with folly.

4 : 19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

4 : 20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.

4 : 21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.