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You’ve admonished many people,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:3 The Heb. lacks people">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and you’ve strengthened feeble hands.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>A word from you has supported those who have stumbled,</p> <p class="poetry2">and has strengthened faltering knees.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“But now it’s your turn,</p> <p class="poetry2">and you’re the one who is worn out!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:5 Or impatient">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Now it’s striking you,</p> <p class="poetry2">and you’re dismayed!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Your fear of God has been your confidence, hasn’t it?</p> <p class="poetry2">The integrity of your life has been your hope, hasn’t it?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now please think:</p> <p class="poetry2">Who has ever perished when they’re innocent?</p> <p class="poetry2">Where have the upright been destroyed?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>It’s been my experience that those who plow the soil of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:8 The Heb. lacks the soil of">d</a></span> iniquity</p> <p class="poetry2">and those who sow the seed of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:8 The Heb. lacks the seed of">e</a></span> trouble will reap their harvest!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:8 The Heb. lacks their harvest">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They perish by the breath of God;</p> <p class="poetry2">they are consumed by the storm that is<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:9 Or the breath of">g</a></span> his anger.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:9 Or anger">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“The lioness may roar,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the lion cub may growl;</p> <p class="poetry2">but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey;</p> <p class="poetry2">that’s when the lion cubs are scattered.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“A message was confided<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:12 Or was delivered in secret">i</a></span> to me;</p> <p class="poetry2">my ear caught a whisper of it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Disquieting thoughts from dreams at night;</p> <p class="poetry2">when deep sleep falls on everyone.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:13 Lit. men">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>A fear fell upon me, along with trembling</p> <p class="poetry2">that caused all my bones to shake in terror.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:14 Or dread">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A spirit glided past me</p> <p class="poetry2">and made the hair on my skin<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:15 Lit. flesh">l</a></span> to bristle.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>It remained standing,</p> <p class="poetry2">but I couldn’t recognize its appearance.</p> <p class="poetry2">A form appeared before my eyes;</p> <p class="poetry2">At first there was<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:16 The Heb. lacks At first there was">m</a></span> silence, and then this voice:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>‘Can a mortal person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:17 Lit. a man">n</a></span> be more righteous than God?</p> <p class="poetry2">Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:17 The quotation possibly continues through v 21.">o</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Indeed, since he doesn’t trust his servants,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:18 Cf. Job 15:15">p</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">since he charges<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:18 Or lay upon">q</a></span> his angels with error,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>how much less confidence<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:19 The Heb. lacks confidence">r</a></span> does he have</p> <p class="poetry2">in those who dwell in houses of clay;</p> <p class="poetry2">who were formed from a foundation in dust</p> <p class="poetry2">and can perish<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:19 Lit. can crush them">s</a></span> like a moth?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They are defeated between morning and evening;</p> <p class="poetry2">they perish forever—and no one notices!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Their wealth<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:21 Or remnants, left over">t</a></span> perishes with them, doesn’t it?</p> <p class="poetry2">They die, and do so without having wisdom, don’t they?”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 4:3 The Heb. lacks <i>at a time like this</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 4:3 The Heb. lacks <i>people</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 4:5 Or <i>impatient</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 4:8 The Heb. lacks <i>the soil of</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 4:8 The Heb. lacks <i>the seed of</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 4:8 The Heb. lacks <i>their harvest</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 4:9 Or <i>the breath of</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 4:9 Or <i>anger</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 4:12 Or <i>was delivered in secret</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 4:13 Lit. <i>men</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 4:14 Or <i>dread</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 4:15 Lit. <i>flesh</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 4:16 The Heb. lacks <i>At first there was</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 4:17 Lit. <i>a man</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 4:17 The quotation possibly continues through v 21.<br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 4:18 Cf. 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