Chapter 4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Remember, I pray thee, whoever perished being innocent, or where would the
righteous cut off?
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they
consumed.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the
young lions are broken.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered
abroad.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
fear came upon me, and trembling which made all my bones to shake.
Then a spirit passed before my face, the hair of my flesh stood up.
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, Shall mortal man be more just than
God?
Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his servants, and his angels he charged with folly.
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust
which are crushed before the moth.
They are destroyed from morning to evening.
They perish for ever without any regarding it.
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away?
They die even without wisdom.