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<p class="indent2">But who can hold back <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>from speaking? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Behold, you have disciplined many, <p class="indent2">And you have strengthened limp hands. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your words have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>helped the stumbling to stand, <p class="indent2">And you have encouraged <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>feeble knees. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; <p class="indent2">It touches you, and you are dismayed. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Is not your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>fear <i>of God</i> your confidence, <p class="indent2">And the integrity of your ways your hope? <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Remember now, who <i>ever</i> perished being innocent? <p class="indent2">Or where were the upright wiped out? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>According to what I have seen, those who plow wickedness <p class="indent2">And those who sow trouble harvest it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>By the breath of God they perish, <p class="indent2">And by the wind of His anger they come to an end. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The roaring of the lion and the voice of the <i>fierce</i> lion, <p class="indent2">And the teeth of the young lions are broken. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The lion perishes for lack of prey, <p class="indent2">And the whelps of the lioness are scattered. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Now a word was brought to me stealthily, <p class="indent2">And my ear received a whisper of it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, <p class="indent2">When deep sleep falls on men, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Dread came upon me, and trembling, <p class="indent2">And made the multitude of my bones shake in dread. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>spirit swept by my face; <p class="indent2">The hair of my flesh bristled up. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; <p class="indent2">A form <i>was</i> before my eyes; <p class="indent2"><i>There was</i> silence, then I heard a voice: <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>‘Can mankind be right <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>before God? <p class="indent2">Can a man be pure <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>before his Maker? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He puts no trust even in His slaves; <p class="indent2">And against His angels He charges error. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, <p class="indent2">Whose foundation is in the dust, <p class="indent2">Who are crushed before the moth! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Unobserved, they perish forever. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Is not their tent-cord pulled up within them? <p class="indent2">They die, yet without wisdom.’<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>in words</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>caused</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>bowing</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>reverence</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>breath passed over</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>from</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>from</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>Without establishing</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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