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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 4 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Job 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/3.htm" title="Job 3">◄</a> Job 4 <a href="../job/5.htm" title="Job 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/job/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words?<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one,<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and hast supported the failing with words, and hast imparted courage to feeble knees.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Yet now <i>that</i> pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Is not thy fear <i>founded</i> in folly, thy hope also, and the mischief of thy way?<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent <i>revelations</i> from him?<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But <i>as when</i> terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night,<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there, was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, <i>saying</i>,<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works?<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Whereas he trust not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But <i>as for</i> them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And from the morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>