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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 CEV</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" 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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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">Eliphaz's First Speech</h5><h3 class="s1">Please Be Patient and Listen</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.1" class="v18_4_1">1</span>Eliphaz from Teman<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.4.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> said:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.2" class="v18_4_2">2</span>Please be patient and listen</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_2">to what I have to say.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_2">* </span><span class="v18_4_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.3" class="v18_4_3">3</span>Remember how your words</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.4" class="v18_4_4">4</span>have guided and encouraged</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_4">many in need.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.5" class="v18_4_5">5</span>But now you feel discouraged</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_5">when struck by trouble.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.6" class="v18_4_6">6</span>You respect God and live right,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_6">so don't lose hope!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.7" class="v18_4_7">7</span>No truly innocent person</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_7">has ever died young.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.8" class="v18_4_8">8</span>In my experience, only those</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_8">who plant seeds of evil</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_8">harvest trouble,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.9" class="v18_4_9">9</span>and then they are swept away</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_9">by the angry breath of God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.10" class="v18_4_10">10</span>They may roar and growl</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_10">like powerful lions.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_10">But when God 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>they starve, and their children</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_11">are scattered.</span></p><h3 class="s1">A Secret Was Told to Me</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.12" class="v18_4_12">12</span>A secret was told to me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_12">in a faint whisper—</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> I was overcome by sleep,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_13">but disturbed by dreams;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.14" class="v18_4_14">14</span>I trembled 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>and my hair stood on end,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_15">as a wind blew past my face.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.16" class="v18_4_16">16</span>It stopped and stood still.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_16">Then a form appeared—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_16">a shapeless form.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_16">And from the silence,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_16">I heard a voice say,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.17" class="v18_4_17">17</span>“No humans are innocent</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_17">in the eyes of God</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_17">their Creator.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.18" class="v18_4_18">18</span>He finds fault with his servants</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_18">and 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>Humans are formed from clay</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_19">and are fragile as moths,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_19">so what chance do you have?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.20" class="v18_4_20">20</span>Born after daybreak,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_20">you die before nightfall</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_20">and disappear forever.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.4.21" class="v18_4_21">21</span>Your tent pegs are pulled up,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_4_21">and you leave this life,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_4_21">having gained no wisdom.”</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">4.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Teman: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 2.11.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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