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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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 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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The First Dialogue</h3><h4 class="sr">(<ref loc="JOB 4:1-14:22">4.1—14.22</ref>)</h4><h5 class="sp">Eliphaz</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.1-Job.4.2" class="v18_4_1">1-2</span>Job, will you be annoyed if I speak?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_1">I can't keep quiet any longer.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.3" class="v18_4_3">3</span>You have taught many people</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_3">and given strength to feeble hands.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.4" class="v18_4_4">4</span>When someone stumbled, weak and tired,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_4">your words encouraged him to stand.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.5" class="v18_4_5">5</span>Now it's your turn to be in trouble,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_5">and you are too stunned to face it.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.6" class="v18_4_6">6</span>You worshiped God, and your life was blameless;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_6">and so you should have confidence and hope.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.7" class="v18_4_7">7</span>Think back now. Name a single case</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_7">where someone righteous met with disaster.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.8" class="v18_4_8">8</span>I have seen people plow fields of evil</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_8">and plant wickedness like seed;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_8">now they harvest wickedness and evil.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.9" class="v18_4_9">9</span>Like a storm, God destroys them in his anger.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.10" class="v18_4_10">10</span>The wicked roar and growl like lions,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_10">but God silences them and breaks their teeth.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.11" class="v18_4_11">11</span>Like lions with nothing to kill and eat,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_11">they die, and all their children are scattered.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.12" class="v18_4_12">12</span>Once a message came quietly,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_12">so quietly I could hardly hear it.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.13" class="v18_4_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.4.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Like a nightmare it disturbed my sleep.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.14" class="v18_4_14">14</span>I trembled and shuddered;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_14">my whole body shook with fear.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.15" class="v18_4_15">15</span>A light breeze touched my face,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_15">and my skin crawled with fright.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.16" class="v18_4_16">16</span>I could see something standing there;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_16">I stared, but couldn't tell what it was.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_16">Then I heard a voice out of the silence:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.17" class="v18_4_17">17</span>“Can anyone be righteous in the sight of<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.4.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> God</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_17">or be pure before<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.4.17!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> his Creator?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.18" class="v18_4_18">18</span>God does not trust his heavenly servants;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_18">he finds fault even with his angels.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.19" class="v18_4_19">19</span>Do you think he will trust a creature of clay,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_19">a thing of dust that can be crushed like a moth?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.20" class="v18_4_20">20</span>We may be alive in the morning,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_20">but die unnoticed before evening comes.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.21" class="v18_4_21">21</span>All that we have is taken away;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_21">we die, still lacking wisdom.”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">4.17: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">righteous in the sight of; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">more righteous than.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">4.17: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">be pure before; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">be more pure than.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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