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  4:1 ¶
Then Eliphaz the Temanite{gr.Thaemanite} answered and said, |
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4:1 ¶
Then Eliphazº
the Temaniteº
answeredºº
and said,ºº |
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4:2
Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words? |
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4:2
[If] we assayºº
to communeºº
withº
thee, wilt thou be grieved?ºº
but whoº
canºº
withholdºº
himself from speaking?º |
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4:3
For whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one, |
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4:3
Behold,º
thou hast instructedºº
many,º
and thou hast strengthenedºº
the weakº
hands.º |
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4:4
and hast supported the failing with words, and hast imparted courage to feeble knees. |
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4:4
Thy wordsº
have upholdenºº
him that was falling,ºº
and thou hast strengthenedºº
the feebleºº
knees.º |
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4:5
Yet now [that] pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled. |
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4:5
Butº
nowº
it is comeºº
uponº
thee, and thou faintest;ºº
it touchethººº
thee, and thou art troubled.ºº |
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4:6
Is not thy fear [founded] in folly, thy hope also, and the mischief of thy way? |
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4:6
[Is] notº
[this] thy fear,º
thy confidence,º
thy hope,º
and the uprightnessº
of thy ways?º |
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4:7
Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed? |
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4:7
Remember,ºº
I pray thee,º
whoº
[ever] perished,ºº
being innocent?º
or whereº
were the righteousº
cut off?ºº |
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4:8
Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves. |
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4:8
Even asº
I have seen,ºº
they that plowºº
iniquity,º
and sowºº
wickedness,º
reapºº
the same. |
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4:9
They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath. |
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4:9
By the blastºº
of Eloahº
they perish,ºº
and by the breathºº
of his nostrilsº
are they consumed.ºº |
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4:10
The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched. |
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4:10
The roaringº
of the lion,º
and the voiceº
of the fierce lion,º
and the teethº
of the young lions,º
are broken.ºº |
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4:11
The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another. |
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4:11
The old lionº
perishethºº
for lackºº
of prey,º
and the stout lion'sº
whelpsº
are scattered abroad.ºº |
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But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent [revelations] from him? |
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4:12
Now a thingº
was secretly broughtºº
toº
me, and mine earº
receivedºº
a littleº
thereof.º |
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4:13
But [as when] terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night, |
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4:13
In thoughtsº
from the visionsºº
of the night,º
when deep sleepº
fallethºº
onº
men,ºº |
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4:14
horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake. |
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4:14
Fearº
cameºº
uponº
me, and trembling,ºº
which made allº
my bonesº
to shake.ºº |
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4:15
And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered. |
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4:15
Then a spiritº
passedºº
beforeº
my face;º
the hairº
of my fleshº
stood up:ºº |
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I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there, was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, [saying], |
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It stood still,ºº
but I could notº
discernºº
the formº
thereof: an imageº
[was] beforeº
mine eyes,º
[there was] silence,º
and I heardºº
a voice,º
[saying], |
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What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works? |
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4:17
Shall mortal manº
be more justºº
than Eloah?ººº
shall a manº
be more pureºº
than his maker?ººº |
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4:18
Whereas he trust not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels. |
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4:18
Behold,º
he put no trustººº
in his servants;º
and his angelsº
he chargedºº
with folly:º |
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But [as for] them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth. |
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How much lessº
[in] them that dwellºº
inº
housesº
of clay,º
whoseº
foundationº
[is] in the dust,º
[which] are crushedºº
beforeº
the moth?º |
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And from the morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves. |
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They are destroyedºº
from morningºº
to evening:º
they perishºº
for everº
without anyºº
regardingºº
[it]. |
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4:21
For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom. |
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Doth notº
their excellencyº
[which is] in them go away?ºº
they die,ºº
even withoutº
wisdom.º |
