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1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2 โIf someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
4 Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.
5 But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
6 Isnโt your piety your confidence? Isnโt the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 โRemember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
8 According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
9 By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
12 โNow a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14 fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.
16 It stood still, but I couldnโt discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
17 โShall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. 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 the moth!
20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
21 Isnโt their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.โ
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Hebrew interlinear — Job 4:1–21 (149 words)
- ืึทึญืึผึทืขึทืwayyaสฟan`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
- ืึฑืึดืืคึทึฅืสพฤlรฎpazEliyphaz: God of gold; Eliphaz, the name of one of Job's friends, and of a son of EsauH464
- ืึทึฝืชึผึตืืึธื ึดึืhattรชmฤnรฎTeymaniy: a Temanite or descendant of TemanH8489
- ืึทืึผึนืืึทึฝืจืwayyลสพmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
- ืึฒื ึดืกึผึธึฌืhฤnissรขnacah: to test; (by implication) to attemptH5254
- ืึธืึธึฃืจdฤbฤrdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
- ืึตืึถึฃืืึธสพฤlรชkฤel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- ืชึผึดืึฐืึถึืtilสพela'ah: to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgustedH3811
- ืึทืขึฐืฆึนึฅืจwaสฟแนฃลr`atsar: to inclose; by analogy, to hold backH6113
- ืึผึฐึืึดืึผึดึืืbฤmillรฎnmillah: a word; collectively, a discourseH4405
- ืึดึฃืmรฎmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
- ืืึผืึธึฝืืyรปkฤlyakol: to be able; (literally) can, couldH3201
- ืึดึญื ึผึตืhinnฤhinneh: lo!H2009
- ืึดืกึผึทึฃืจึฐืชึผึธyissartฤyacar: to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words)H3256
- ืจึทืึผึดึืืrabbรฎmrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
- ืึฐืึธืึทึืึดืwฤyฤdayimyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
- ืจึธืคึฃืึนืชrฤpรดtrapheh: slack (in body or mind)H7504
- ืชึผึฐืึทืึผึตึฝืงืtฤแธฅazzฤqchazaq: to fasten uponH2388
- ืึผึญืึนืฉืึตืkรดลกฤlkashal: to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle)H3782
- ืึฐืงึดืืึฃืึผืyฤqรฎmรปnquwm: to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)H6965
- ืึดืึผึถึืืึธmillรชkฤmillah: a word; collectively, a discourseH4405
- ืึผืึดืจึฐืึผึทึืึดืรปbirkayimberek: a kneeH1290
- ืึผึนึฝืจึฐืขึฃืึนืชkลrฤสฟรดtkara`: to bend the knee; (by implication) to sink, to prostrateH3766
- ืชึผึฐืึทืึผึตึฝืฅืtฤสพammฤแนฃamats: to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)H553
- ืึผึดึคืkรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ืขึทืชึผึธึจืืสฟattรข`attah: at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletiveH6258
- ืชึผึธืึฃืึนืtฤbรดสพbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
- ืึตืึถึฃืืึธสพฤlรชkฤel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- ืึทืชึผึตึืึถืwattฤleสพla'ah: to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgustedH3811
- ืชึผึดืึผึทึฅืขtiggaสฟnaga`: (properly) to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purposeH5060
- ืขึธึืึถึืืึธสฟฤdรชkฤ`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- ืึทืชึผึดืึผึธืึตึฝืืwattibbฤhฤlbahal: to tremble inwardly (or palpitate); (figuratively) to be (suddenly) alarmed or agitatedH926
- ืึฒืึนึฃืhฤlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึดึญืจึฐืึธืชึฐืึธyirสพotkฤyir'ah: fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverenceH3374
- ืึผึดืกึฐืึธืชึถึืึธkislฤtekฤkiclah: in a good sense, trust; in a bad one, sillinessH3690
- ืชึผึดึืงึฐืึธึฝืชึฐืึธึtiqwฤtฤkฤtiqvah: (literally) a cord (as an attachment); (figuratively) expectancyH8615
- ืึฐืชึนึฃืwฤtลmtom: completeness; (figuratively) prosperityH8537
- ืึผึฐืจึธืึถึฝืืึธืdฤrฤkรชkฤderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
- ืึฐืึธืจzฤkฤrzakar: (properly) to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to rememberH2142
- ื ึธึืnฤสพna': added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionH4994
- ืึดึคืmรฎmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
- ืึฃืึผืhรปสพhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
- ื ึธืงึดึฃืnฤqรฎnaqiy: innocentH5355
- ืึธืึธึืสพฤbฤdabad: (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneselfH6
- ืึฐึืึตืืคึนึืwฤสพรชpลeyphoh: what place?; (of time) when?H375
- ืึฐืฉืึธืจึดึฅืืyฤลกฤrรฎmyashar: straightH3477
- ื ึดืึฐืึธึฝืืึผืnikแธฅฤdรปkachad: to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroyH3582
- ืึผึทึฝืึฒืฉืึถึฃืจkaสพฤลกeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
- ืจึธึญืึดืืชึดืrฤสพรฎtรฎra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
- ืึนึฃืจึฐืฉืึตืแธฅลrฤลกรชcharash: to scratch; (by implication) to engrave, ploughH2790
- ืึธึืึถืสพฤwenaven: (strictly) nothingness; (also) trouble, vanity, wickednessH205
- ืึฐืึนึฝืจึฐืขึตึืwฤzลrฤสฟรชzara`: to sow; (figuratively) to disseminate, plant, fructifyH2232
- ืขึธืึธึฃืสฟฤmฤl`amal: toil, i.e. wearing effort; (hence) worry, wheth. of body or mindH5999
- ืึดืงึฐืฆึฐืจึปึฝืืึผืyiqแนฃฤruhรปืงืฆืจH7114
- ืึดื ึผึดืฉืึฐืึทึฃืชminniลกmatnshamah: a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animalH5397
- ืึฑืึฃืึนืึทสพฤlรดahelowahh: a deity or the DeityH433
- ืึนืืึตึืืึผyลสพbฤdรปabad: (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneselfH6
- ืึผืึตืจึืึผืึทรปmฤrรปaแธฅruwach: wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalationH7307
- ืึทืคึผึฃืึนสพappรดaph: (properly) the nose or nostril; (hence) the face, and occasionally a personH639
- ืึดืึฐืึฝืึผืyiklรปkalah: to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)H3615
- ืฉืึทึฝืึฒืึทึฃืชลกaสพฤgatshagah: a rumbling or moanH7581
- ืึทึญืจึฐืึตืสพaryฤariy: a lionH738
- ืึฐืงึฃืึนืwฤqรดlqowl: a voice or soundH6963
- ืฉืึธึืึทืลกฤแธฅalshachal: a lion (from his characteristic roar)H7826
- ืึฐืฉืึดื ึผึตึืwฤลกinnรชshen: a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for H8143) ivoryH8127
- ืึฐืคึดืืจึดึฃืืkฤpรฎrรฎmkphiyr: a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)H3715
- ื ึดืชึผึธึฝืขืึผืnittฤสฟรปnatha`: to tear outH5421
- ืึทึญืึดืฉืlayiลกlayish: a lion (from his destructive blows)H3918
- ืึนืึตึฃืสพลbฤdabad: (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneselfH6
- ืึดืึผึฐืึดืmibbฤlรฎbliy: (properly) failure; nothing or destructionH1097
- ืึธึืจึถืฃแนญฤreptereph: something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, foodH2964
- ืึผืึฐื ึตึฅืรปbฤnรชben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
- ืึธึืึดึืืlฤbรฎสพlabiy': a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer)H3833
- ืึดืชึฐืคึผึธืจึธึฝืืึผืyitpฤrฤdรปparad: to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)H6504
- ืึฐึญืึตืึทืwฤสพฤlayel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- ืึผึธืึธึฃืจdฤbฤrdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
- ืึฐืึปื ึผึธึืyฤgunnฤbganab: (literally or figuratively) to thieve; (by implication) to deceiveH1589
- ืึทืชึผึดืงึผึทึฅืwattiqqaแธฅlaqach: to take (in the widest variety of applications)H3947
- ืึธึืึฐื ึดึืสพฤzฤnรฎozen: broadness; (concretely) the ear (from its form in man)H241
- ืฉืึตึฃืึถืฅลกฤmeแนฃshemets: an inklingH8102
- ืึถึฝื ึฐืึฝืึผืmenฤhรปmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
- ืึผึดึญืฉืึฐืขึดืคึผึดืืbiลสฟippรฎmca`iph: divided (in mind), i.e. (abstractly) a sentimentH5587
- ืึตึฝืึถืึฐืึนื ึฃืึนืชmฤแธฅezyลnรดtchizzayown: a revelation, expectation by dreamH2384
- ืึธึืึฐืึธืlฤyฤlรขlayil: (properly) a twist (away of the light), i.e. nightH3915
- ืึผึดื ึฐืคึนึฅืbinpลlnaphal: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)H5307
- ืชึผึทึืจึฐืึผึตืึธึืtardฤmรขtardemah: a lethargy; (by implication) tranceH8639
- ืขึทืสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืึฒื ึธืฉืึดึฝืืืสพฤnฤลกรฎmiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- ืคึผึทึฃืึทืpaแธฅadpachad: a (sudden) alarm; (properly) the object fearedH6343
- ืงึฐึญืจึธืึทื ึดืqฤrฤสพanรฎqara': befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meetH7122
- ืึผืจึฐืขึธืึธึืรปrฤสฟฤdรขra`ad: trembleH7460
- ืึฐืจึนึืwฤrลbrob: abundance (in any respect)H7230
- ืขึทืฆึฐืืึนืชึทึฃืสฟaแนฃmรดtay`etsem: a bone (as strong); by extension, the bodyH6106
- ืึดืคึฐืึดึฝืืืhipแธฅรฎdpachad: to be startled (by a sudden alarm); (hence) to fear in generalH6342
- ืึฐึญืจืึผืึทwฤrรปaแธฅruwach: wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalationH7307
- ืขึทืสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืคึผึธื ึทึฃืpฤnaypaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- ืึทึฝืึฒืึนึืฃyaแธฅฤlลpchalaph: (properly) to slide by; (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or changeH2498
- ืชึผึฐึืกึทืึผึตึืจtฤsammฤrcamar: to be erect, i.e. bristle as hairH5568
- ืฉืึทึฝืขึฒืจึทึฅืชลaสฟฤratsa`arah: hairinessH8185
- ืึผึฐืฉืึธืจึดึฝืืbฤลฤrรฎbasar: flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, personH1320
- ืึทึฝืขึฒืึนึคืืyaสฟฤmลd`amad: to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)H5975
- ืึฐึฝืึนืwฤlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึทืึผึดึฌืืจสพakkรฎrnakar: (properly) to scrutinize, i.e. look intently atH5234
- ืึทืจึฐืึตึืืึผmarสพฤhรปmar'eh: a view (the act of seeing)H4758
- ืชึผึฐึญืืึผื ึธืtฤmรปnรขtmuwnah: something portioned (i.e. fashioned) out, as a shape, i.e. (indefinitely) phantom, or (specifically)...H8544
- ืึฐื ึถึฃืึถืlฤnegedneged: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mateH5048
- ืขึตืื ึธึืสฟรชnฤy`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
- ืึผึฐืึธืึธึืdฤmฤmรขdmamah: quietH1827
- ืึธืงึฃืึนืwฤqรดlqowl: a voice or soundH6963
- ืึถืฉืึฐืึธึฝืขืสพeลกmฤสฟshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
- ืึทึญึฝืึฑื ืึนืฉืhaสพฤnรดลกiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- ืึตืึฑืึฃืึนืึทmฤสพฤlรดahelowahh: a deity or the DeityH433
- ืึดืฆึฐืึผึธึืงyiแนฃdฤqtsadaq: to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)H6663
- ืึดึฅืสพimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
- ืึตึึฝืขึนืฉืึตึืืึผmฤสฟลลฤhรป`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- ืึดืึฐืึทืจyiแนญhartaher: (properly) to be bright; (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated)H2891
- ืึผึธึฝืึถืจืgฤbergeber: (properly) a valiant man or warrior; (generally) a person simplyH1397
- ืึตึฃืhฤnhen: lo!; (as expressing surprise) ifH2005
- ืึผึทึญึฝืขึฒืึธืึธืืbaสฟฤbฤdฤyw`ebed: a servantH5650
- ืึนึฃืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึทึฝืึฒืึดึืืyaสพฤmรฎnaman: (properly) to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurseH539
- ืึผึืึฐืึทืึฐืึธืึธึืืรปbฤmalสพฤkฤywmal'ak: a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)H4397
- ืึธืฉืึดึฅืืyฤลรฎmsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
- ืชึผึธึฝืึณืึธึฝืืtฤhลlรขtoholah: braggadocio; (by implication) fatuityH8417
- ืึทึคืฃืสพapaph: meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction)H637
- ืฉืึนึฝืึฐื ึตึฌืลกลkฤnรชshakan: to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)H7931
- ืึธึฝืชึผึตืbฤttรชbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
- ืึนึืึถืจแธฅลmerchomer: (properly) a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a waveH2563
- ืึฒืฉืึถืจสพฤลกeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
- ืึผึถึฝืขึธืคึธึฅืจbeสฟฤpฤr`aphar: dust (as powdered or gray); (hence) clay, earth, mudH6083
- ืึฐืกืึนืึธึืyฤsรดdฤmycowd: a foundation (literally or figuratively)H3247
- ืึฐึืึทืึผึฐืึืึผืyฤdakkฤสพรปmdaka': to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)H1792
- ืึดืคึฐื ึตืlipnรชpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- ืขึธึฝืฉืืสฟฤลก`ash: a mothH6211
- ืึดืึผึนึฃืงึถืจmibbลqerboqer: (properly) dawn (as the break of day); (generally) morningH1242
- ืึธืขึถึฃืจึถืlฤสฟereb`ereb: duskH6153
- ืึปืึผึทึืชึผืึผyukkattรปkathath: to bruise or violently strikeH3807
- ืึดืึผึฐืึดึฅืmibbฤlรฎbliy: (properly) failure; nothing or destructionH1097
- ืึตึืฉืึดึืืmฤลรฎmsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
- ืึธื ึถึฅืฆึทืlฤneแนฃaแธฅnetsach: (properly) a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towardsH5331
- ืึนืืึตึฝืืึผืyลสพbฤdรปabad: (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneselfH6
- ืึฒืึนึฝืhฤlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ื ึดืกึผึทึฃืขnissaสฟnaca`: (properly) to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journeyH5265
- ืึดืชึฐืจึธึฃืyitrฤmyether: (properly) an overhanging; (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainderH3499
- ืึผึธึืbฤm
- ืึธึืึืึผืชืึผyฤmรปtรปmuwth: (literally or figuratively) to die; (causatively) to killH4191
- ืึฐืึนึฃืwฤlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึฐืึธืึฐืึธึฝืืbฤแธฅokmรขchokmah: wisdom (in a good sense)H2451
Strong's words in Job 4 (6)
- Strong's H6 — ืึธืึธึื (สพฤbฤd)
- abad (aw-bad') v. 1. (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneself 2. (by implication) to perish 3. (causative) to destroy [a primitive root] KJV: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.. Appears 4 times in Job 4.
- Strong's H1097 — ืึดืึผึฐืึดื (mibbฤlรฎ)
- bliy (bel-ee') adv. 1. (properly) failure 2. nothing or destruction 3. (usually, with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc [from H1086] KJV: corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without. Root(s): H1086. Appears 2 times in Job 4.
- Strong's H1697 — ืึธืึธึฃืจ (dฤbฤr)
- dabar (daw-baw') n-m. 1. a word 2. (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thing 3. (adverbially) a cause [from H1696] KJV: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, busin. Appears 2 times in Job 4.
- Strong's H376 — ืึฒื ึธืฉืึดึฝืืื (สพฤnฤลกรฎm)
- iysh (eesh) n-m. 1. a man as an individual or a male person 2. often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) [contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)] KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Root(s): H582 Compare: H802. Appears 2 times in Job 4.
- Strong's H3811 — ืชึผึดืึฐืึถึื (tilสพe)
- la'ah (law-aw') v. 1. to tire 2. (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted [a primitive root] KJV: faint, grieve, lothe, (be, make) weary (selves).. Appears 2 times in Job 4.
- Strong's H4310 — ืึดึฃื (mรฎ)
- miy (me) p/i. 1. who? 2. (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which? 3. (indefinitely) whoever {often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix} [an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things] KJV: any (man), X he, X him, + O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), + would to God. Root(s): H4100. Appears 2 times in Job 4.
“There was no shape before my eyes, only I heard a sound, and a voice.”
What the Early Church wrote about Job 4 (1)
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“He does not confide in His servants, and has charged even His angels with perversity? The heaven is not clean in His sight.”