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id="start-Job.4.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Indeed, you have instructed many</p><p class="poem">and have strengthened<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> weak hands.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling</p><p class="poem">and braced the knees that were buckling.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But now that this has happened to you,</p><p class="poem">you have become exhausted.</p><p class="poem">It strikes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> you, and you are dismayed.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Isn’t your piety your confidence,</p><p class="poem">and the integrity of your life<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.4.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> your hope?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent?</p><p class="poem">Where have the honest<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.4.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> been destroyed?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In my experience, those who plow injustice</p><p class="poem">and those who sow trouble<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> reap the same.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They perish at a single blast<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> from God</p><p class="poem">and come to an end by the breath of his nostrils.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The lion may roar and the fierce lion<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> growl,</p><p class="poem">but the teeth of young lions are broken.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,</p><p class="poem">and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A word was brought to me in secret;</p><p class="poem">my ears caught a whisper of it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">when deep sleep<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> comes over men,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>fear and trembling came over me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and made all my bones shake.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I felt a draft<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.4.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> on my face,</p><p class="poem">and the hair on my body stood up.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>A figure stood there,</p><p class="poem">but I could not recognize its appearance;</p><p class="poem">a form loomed before my eyes.</p><p class="poem">I heard a whispering voice:</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Can a mortal be righteous before God?</p><p class="poem">Can a man be more pure than his Maker? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If God puts no trust in his servants</p><p class="poem">and he charges his angels with foolishness,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.4.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>how much more those who dwell in clay houses,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">whose foundation is in the dust,</p><p class="poem">who are crushed like a moth!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;</p><p class="poem">they perish forever while no one notices.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.4.21" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Are their tent cords not pulled up?</p><p class="poem">They die without wisdom.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.4.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.4" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.4.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.6">4:6</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">ways</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.4.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.7">4:7</a></span> Or <span class="italic">the upright</span>, or <span class="italic">those with integrity</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.4.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.15">4:15</a></span> Or <span class="italic">a spirit</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.4.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.18">4:18</a></span> Or <span class="italic">error</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.4" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.4.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.3">4:3</a></span> Jb 26:2; Is 35:3; Heb 12:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.4">4:4</a></span> Dt 3:28; Jb 16:15; Is 41:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.5">4:5</a></span> Jb 5:19; 6:7; 19:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.6">4:6</a></span> Jb 11:18; Ps 119:116; Jr 17:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.7">4:7</a></span> Jb 8:20; Ps 37:25; Pr 12:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.8">4:8</a></span> Jb 5:7; 15:35; Is 59:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.8">4:8</a></span> Ps 7:15; Pr 22:8; Hs 8:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.9">4:9</a></span> 2Sm 22:26; Jb 37:10; Is 30:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.9">4:9</a></span> Ex 15:8–10; Ps 18:15; 2Th 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.10">4:10</a></span> Ps 10:9; 17:12; 22:13,21</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.10">4:10</a></span> Jb 29:17; Ps 3:7; 58:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.11">4:11</a></span> Ps 59:11; Pr 20:8,20; Is 33:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.12">4:12</a></span> Jb 13:1; 33:16; 36:10,15</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.13">4:13</a></span> Jb 7:14; 20:8; 33:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.13">4:13</a></span> Gn 2:21; 15:12; Jb 33:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.14">4:14</a></span> Jb 21:6; Ps 55:5; 119:120</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.17">4:17</a></span> Jb 15:14; 25:4; Pr 20:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.18">4:18</a></span> Jb 15:15; 21:22; 25:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.19">4:19</a></span> Jb 10:9; 33:6; Is 64:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.20">4:20</a></span> Jb 14:2; 20:7; Ps 90:5–6</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.4.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.4.21">4:21</a></span> Jb 36:12; Pr 5:23; 10:21</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.4" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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