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unnoticed, they perish forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They are alive in the morning but dead by evening, gone forever without a trace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding <i>it</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They are broken in pieces from morning till evening; They perish forever, with no one regarding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unregarded, they perish forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces <i>and</i> destroyed; Unobserved <i>and</i> unnoticed, they perish forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Born after daybreak, you die before nightfall and disappear forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: they perish for ever without any regarding it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />From morning to evening, they are shattered. They will disappear forever without anyone paying attention.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />We may be alive in the morning, but die unnoticed before evening comes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They are defeated between morning and evening; they perish forever—and no one notices!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />From morning to evening are beaten down, "" Without any regarding, they perish forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />From morning to evening they will be struck; from not setting to superintend they will perish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />From morning all the way to evening, they will be cut down, and because no one understands, they will be destroyed without ceasing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Morning or evening they may be shattered; unnoticed, they perish forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Between morning and evening they are destroyed; they perish forever without any regarding it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They shall be afflicted from morning to evening, that they may not dwell for ever; yea, they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />From dawn to evening they will be laid low, that they will not be established inhabitants to eternity, and they will be destroyed<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; They perish for ever without any regarding it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And from the morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/4-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=657" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/4.htm">Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth! <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3807.htm" title="3807: yuk·kat·tū (V-Hofal-Imperf-3mp) -- To beat, crush by beating. A primitive root; to bruise or violently strike.">They are smashed to pieces</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: mib·bō·qer (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">from dawn</a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: lā·‘e·reḇ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">to dusk;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1097.htm" title="1097: mib·bə·lî (Prep-m:: Adv) -- From balah; properly, failure, i.e. Nothing or destruction; usually without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.">unnoticed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: mê·śîm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: yō·ḇê·ḏū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">they perish</a> <a href="/hebrew/5331.htm" title="5331: lā·ne·ṣaḥ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity. ">forever.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5-6</a></span><br />You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— / in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a></span><br />As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a></span><br />A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-4.htm">Psalm 39:4-5</a></span><br />“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. / You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:12</a></span><br />For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-4.htm">Psalm 144:4</a></span><br />Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44</a></span><br />So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. / It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. / It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">2 Corinthians 4:16-18</a></span><br />Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. / For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-30.htm">Matthew 6:30</a></span><br />If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-28.htm">Luke 12:28</a></span><br />If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-8.htm">2 Peter 3:8-9</a></span><br />Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. / The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a></span><br />By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.</p><p class="hdg">destroyed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/15-6.htm">2 Chronicles 15:6</a></b></br> And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.</p><p class="hdg">from morning.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12,13</a></b></br> Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day <i>even</i> to night wilt thou make an end of me… </p><p class="hdg">they perish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14</a></b></br> If a man die, shall he live <i>again</i>? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-22.htm">Job 16:22</a></b></br> When a few years are come, then I shall go the way <i>whence</i> I shall not return.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/39-13.htm">Psalm 39:13</a></b></br> O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.</p><p class="hdg">without.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-17.htm">Job 18:17</a></b></br> His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/20-7.htm">Job 20:7</a></b></br> <i>Yet</i> he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where <i>is</i> he?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/21-20.htm">2 Chronicles 21:20</a></b></br> Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/32-16.htm">Betwixt</a> <a href="/job/4-10.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/job/3-9.htm">Dawn</a> <a href="/job/4-9.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-7.htm">Dusk</a> <a href="/job/4-15.htm">End</a> <a href="/esther/2-14.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/mark/5-36.htm">Heeding</a> <a href="/job/3-9.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/job/3-4.htm">Note</a> <a href="/job/4-9.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-26.htm">Regarding</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-39.htm">Shattered</a> <a href="/job/1-15.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Unnoticed</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-8.htm">Unobserved</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/9-33.htm">Betwixt</a> <a href="/job/6-3.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/job/6-13.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/job/7-4.htm">Dawn</a> <a href="/job/8-18.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/job/24-15.htm">Dusk</a> <a href="/job/4-21.htm">End</a> <a href="/job/7-2.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/job/7-16.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/mark/5-36.htm">Heeding</a> <a href="/job/7-4.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/job/5-27.htm">Note</a> <a href="/job/6-18.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/job/16-12.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-5.htm">Regarding</a> <a href="/job/16-12.htm">Shattered</a> <a href="/job/16-10.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/luke/8-47.htm">Unnoticed</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-8.htm">Unobserved</a><div class="vheading2">Job 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/4-1.htm">Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent do not suffer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/4-7.htm">He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/4-12.htm">His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;</b><br>This phrase reflects the transient and fragile nature of human life. In the context of the Book of Job, it underscores the theme of human suffering and the inevitability of death. The imagery of being "smashed to pieces" suggests a violent and sudden destruction, which can be seen as a metaphor for the trials and tribulations that people face. The reference to "dawn to dusk" indicates the brevity of life, echoing other biblical passages such as <a href="/psalms/90-6.htm">Psalm 90:6</a>, which compares human life to grass that flourishes in the morning and withers by evening. This phrase also aligns with the wisdom literature's emphasis on the fleeting nature of human existence, as seen in <a href="/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:1-2</a>.<p><b>unnoticed, they perish forever.</b><br>The idea of perishing "unnoticed" highlights the insignificance of individual lives in the grand scheme of the world, a recurring theme in Job. This can be connected to the broader biblical narrative that emphasizes the sovereignty of God over life and death, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a>, which contrasts the temporary nature of human life with the eternal word of God. The phrase "perish forever" underscores the finality of death, a concept that is explored throughout the Bible. In the New Testament, this is contrasted with the hope of eternal life through Jesus Christ, as seen in <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>. The notion of being "unnoticed" also speaks to the human desire for significance and the biblical assurance that God sees and knows each individual, as affirmed in <a href="/psalms/139.htm">Psalm 139:1-4</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz_the_temanite.htm">Eliphaz the Temanite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. He is the speaker in this passage and represents a traditional wisdom perspective.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/teman.htm">Teman</a></b><br>A region in Edom, known for its wise men. Eliphaz, being a Temanite, is considered a man of wisdom.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_heavenly_court.htm">The Heavenly Court</a></b><br>The setting of the initial chapters of Job, where God and Satan discuss Job's faithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_suffering_of_mankind.htm">The Suffering of Mankind</a></b><br>The broader theme of the Book of Job, exploring human suffering and divine justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_frailty_of_human_life.htm">The Frailty of Human Life</a></b><br>Eliphaz highlights the transient nature of human existence. This serves as a reminder of our mortality and the importance of living with an eternal perspective.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_humility.htm">The Need for Humility</a></b><br>Recognizing our fragility should lead us to humility before God, acknowledging our dependence on His grace and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_compassion.htm">The Importance of Compassion</a></b><br>While Eliphaz's words are meant to convey wisdom, they lack compassion. We should strive to offer comfort and understanding to those who suffer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite the harsh realities of life, believers are called to trust in God's sovereign plan, even when it is beyond our understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_reflect_on_eternity.htm">The Call to Reflect on Eternity</a></b><br>The inevitability of death should prompt us to consider our eternal destiny and the state of our relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_god_'despise_no_one'_yet_judge.htm">In Job 36:5, how can God 'despise no one' if other scriptures depict His wrath and judgment against certain people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_eliphaz_claim_innocents_don't_perish.htm">In Job 4:7, how could Eliphaz assert that no innocent person has ever perished when history shows countless examples of righteous people suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_36_11-12_fit_real_hardships.htm">In Job 36:11-12, obedience supposedly leads to prosperity while disobedience brings destruction; how does this align with the real-world experiences of faithful people in hardship?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_greedy_exploiters_thrive_unpunished.htm">If Job 20:19-20 suggests a direct correlation between greed and swift downfall, why do some wealthy exploiters seem to thrive indefinitely without facing apparent divine retribution?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">From morning to evening.</span>--The process is continual and unceasing, and when we consider the ravages of time on history, we may well say, as in <a href="/job/4-20.htm" title="They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.">Job 4:20</a>, that "none regardeth it."<p>The next verse, however, may seem to imply that they themselves are unmindful of their decay, it is so insidious and so complete.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They are destroyed from morning to evening</span>. Human bodies undergo a continuous destruction. From the moment that we are born we begin to die. Decay of powers is coeval with their first exercise. Our insidious foe, Death, marks us as his own from the very first breath that we draw. Our bodies are machines wound up to go for a certain time. The moment that we begin to use them we begin to wear them out. <span class="cmt_word">They perish</span> <span class="cmt_word">for ever</span>. The final result is that Our" houses of clay "perish, crumble to dust, disappear, and come to nothing. They "perish for ever," says Eliphaz, repeating what he believed the spirit of ver. 15 to have said to him; but it is not clear that he understood more by this than that they perish and disappear for ever, so far as this life and this world are concerned<span class="cmt_word">. Without any regarding it</span>. No one is surprised or thinks it hard. It is the lot of man, and every one's mind is prepared for it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/4-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They are smashed to pieces</span><br /><span class="heb">יֻכַּ֑תּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yuk·kat·tū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3807.htm">Strong's 3807: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bruise, violently strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from dawn</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבֹּ֣קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bō·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dawn, morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to dusk;</span><br /><span class="heb">לָעֶ֣רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(lā·‘e·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evening</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unnoticed,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְּלִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bə·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> </span><span class="str2">Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they perish</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḇê·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wander away, lose oneself, to perish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָנֶ֥צַח</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ne·ṣaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5331.htm">Strong's 5331: </a> </span><span class="str2">Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/4-20.htm">OT Poetry: Job 4:20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/4-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 4:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 4:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/4-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 4:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 4:21" /></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="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>