# Job 4 (New King James Version)
Eliphaz: Job Has Sinned

##### Chapter 4
###### 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

###### 2 "_If_ one attempts a word with you, will you become weary?  
But who can withhold himself from speaking?  

###### 3 Surely you have instructed many,  
And you have strengthened weak hands.  

###### 4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,  
And you have strengthened the feeble knees;  

###### 5 But now it comes upon you, and you are weary;  
It touches you, and you are troubled.  

###### 6 _Is_ not your reverence your confidence?  
And the integrity of your ways your hope?

###### 7 "Remember now, who _ever_ perished being innocent?  
Or where were the upright _ever_ cut off?  

###### 8 Even as I have seen,  
Those who plow iniquity  
And sow trouble reap the same.  

###### 9 By the blast of God they perish,  
And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.  

###### 10 The roaring of the lion,  
The voice of the fierce lion,  
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.  

###### 11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey,  
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

###### 12 "Now a word was secretly brought to me,  
And my ear received a whisper of it.  

###### 13 In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,  
When deep sleep falls on men,  

###### 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling,  
Which made all my bones shake.  

###### 15 Then a spirit passed before my face;  
The hair on my body stood up.  

###### 16 It stood still,  
But I could not discern its appearance.  
A form _was_ before my eyes;  
_There was_ silence;  
Then I heard a voice _saying:_  

###### 17 'Can a mortal be more righteous than God?  
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?  

###### 18 If He puts no trust in His servants,  
_If_ He charges His angels with error,  

###### 19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,  
Whose foundation is in the dust,  
_Who_ are crushed before a moth?  

###### 20 They are broken in pieces from morning till evening;  
They perish forever, with no one regarding.  

###### 21 Does not their own excellence go away?  
They die, even without wisdom.'