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  4:1 ¶
Then Eliphaz the Temanite{gr.Thaemanite} answered and said, |
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4:1 ¶
Then Eliphaz°
the Temanite°
answered°°
and said,°° |
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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 assay°°
to commune°°
with°
thee, wilt thou be grieved?°°
but who°
can°°
withhold°°
himself from speaking?° |
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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,°
thou hast instructed°°
many,°
and thou hast strengthened°°
the weak°
hands.° |
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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 words°
have upholden°°
him that was falling,°°
and thou hast strengthened°°
the feeble°°
knees.° |
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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
But°
now°
it is come°°
upon°
thee, and thou faintest;°°
it toucheth°°°
thee, and thou art troubled.°° |
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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] not°
[this] thy fear,°
thy confidence,°
thy hope,°
and the uprightness°
of thy ways?° |
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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,°°
I pray thee,°
who°
[ever] perished,°°
being innocent?°
or where°
were the righteous°
cut off?°° |
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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 as°
I have seen,°°
they that plow°°
iniquity,°
and sow°°
wickedness,°
reap°°
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 blast°°
of Eloah°
they perish,°°
and by the breath°°
of his nostrils°
are they consumed.°° |
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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 roaring°
of the lion,°
and the voice°
of the fierce lion,°
and the teeth°
of the young lions,°
are broken.°° |
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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 lion°
perisheth°°
for lack°°
of prey,°
and the stout lion's°
whelps°
are scattered abroad.°° |
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4:12
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 thing°
was secretly brought°°
to°
me, and mine ear°
received°°
a little°
thereof.° |
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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 thoughts°
from the visions°°
of the night,°
when deep sleep°
falleth°°
on°
men,°° |
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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
Fear°
came°°
upon°
me, and trembling,°°
which made all°
my bones°
to shake.°° |
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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 spirit°
passed°°
before°
my face;°
the hair°
of my flesh°
stood up:°° |
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4:16
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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4:16
It stood still,°°
but I could not°
discern°°
the form°
thereof: an image°
[was] before°
mine eyes,°
[there was] silence,°
and I heard°°
a voice,°
[saying], |
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4:17
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 man°
be more just°°
than Eloah?°°°
shall a man°
be more pure°°
than his maker?°°° |
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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,°
he put no trust°°°
in his servants;°
and his angels°
he charged°°
with folly:° |
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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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4:19
How much less°
[in] them that dwell°°
in°
houses°
of clay,°
whose°
foundation°
[is] in the dust,°
[which] are crushed°°
before°
the moth?° |
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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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4:20
They are destroyed°°
from morning°°
to evening:°
they perish°°
for ever°
without any°°
regarding°°
[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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4:21
Doth not°
their excellency°
[which is] in them go away?°°
they die,°°
even without°
wisdom.° |
