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| 4:1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said, |
| 4:2 | If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? But who can withhold himselfe from speaking? |
| 4:3 | Beholde, Thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weake hands. |
| 4:4 | Thy words haue vpholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. |
| 4:5 | But now it is come vpon thee, and thou faintest, it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. |
| 4:6 | Is not this thy feare, thy confidence; the vprightnesse of thy wayes and thy hope? |
| 4:7 | Remember, I pray thee, who euer perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? |
| 4:8 | Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse, reape the same. |
| 4:9 | By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. |
| 4:10 | The roaring of the Lyon, and the voice of the fierce Lyon, and the teeth of the yong Lyons are broken. |
| 4:11 | The old Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the stout Lyons whelpes are scattered abroad. |
| 4:12 | Nowe a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine eare receiued a litle thereof. |
| 4:13 | In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deepe sleepe falleth on men: |
| 4:14 | Feare came vpon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. |
| 4:15 | Then a spirit passed before my face: the haire of my flesh stood vp. |
| 4:16 | It stood still, but I could not discerne the forme thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voyce, saying, |
| 4:17 | Shall mortall man be more iust then God? shall a man bee more pure then his maker? |
| 4:18 | Behold, hee put no trust in his seruants; and his Angels hee charged with folly: |
| 4:19 | Howe much lesse on them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth. |
| 4:20 | They are destroyed from morning to euening: they perish for euer, without any regarding it. |
| 4:21 | Doeth not their excellencie which is in them, goe away? they die, euen without wisedome. |
| 4:1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde, |
| 4:2 | If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking? |
| 4:3 | Behold, thou hast taught many, and hast strengthened the wearie hands. |
| 4:4 | Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the weake knees. |
| 4:5 | But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. |
| 4:6 | Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy pacience, and the vprightnesse of thy wayes? |
| 4:7 | Remember, I pray thee: who euer perished, being an innocent? or where were the vpright destroyed? |
| 4:8 | As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same. |
| 4:9 | With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed. |
| 4:10 | The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, and the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken. |
| 4:11 | The Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the Lyons whelpes are scattered abroade. |
| 4:12 | But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof. |
| 4:13 | In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men, |
| 4:14 | Feare came vpon me, and dread which made all my bones to tremble. |
| 4:15 | And the wind passed before me, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp. |
| 4:16 | Then stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying, |
| 4:17 | Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker? |
| 4:18 | Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Seruants, and laid follie vpon his Angels. |
| 4:19 | Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth? |
| 4:20 | They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde. |
| 4:21 | Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, and that without wisdom? |
| 4:1 | And Eliphas the Themanyte answered, and sayde: |
| 4:2 | Yf we begynne to commen with the, wylt thou be discontent? but who can withhold him selfe from speakinge? |
| 4:3 | Behold, thou hast bene a chastener of many, and hast comforted the weery handes. |
| 4:4 | Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen, thou hast refresshed the weake, knees. |
| 4:5 | But now that the plage is come vpon the, thou art greued: now that it hath touched thy selfe, thou art faynt harted. |
| 4:6 | Is not this thy feare, thy stedfastnesse, thy pacience, and the perfectnesse of thy wayes? |
| 4:7 | Consydre (I praye the) whoeuer perysshed beynge an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroyed? |
| 4:8 | For (as I haue proued by experience) they that plowe iniquytie, & sowe wretchednesse, reape the same. |
| 4:9 | With the blast of God they perish, and with the breth of hys nastrels are they consumed awaye. |
| 4:10 | The roaryng of the lyon, and the voyce of the lyon, & the teeth of the lyons whelpes are pulled out. |
| 4:11 | The lyon perissheth for lacke of praye, and the lyons whelpes are scatered abrode. |
| 4:12 | And vnto me came the worde secretly, & myne eare hath receaueth a lytell therof. |
| 4:13 | In the thoughtes and visyons of the night (when slepe commeth on men) |
| 4:14 | feare came vpon me, and drede, which made all my bones to shake. |
| 4:15 | The wynde passed by, before my presence, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp. |
| 4:16 | He stode there, and I knew not hys face, an ymage ther was before myne eyes, and in the stylnesse hearde I a voyce. |
| 4:17 | Shall man be more iust than God? Or shall a man be purer than hys maker? |
| 4:18 | Beholde, He founde no treuth in hys seruauntes, and in hys aungels ther was foly. |
| 4:19 | How moch more in them that dwell in houses of claye, and whose foundacyon is but dust: which shalbe consumed as it were with a Moth? |
| 4:20 | They shalbe smitten from the mornynge vnto the euenyng: yee, they shall perysh for euer, when no man thincketh theron. |
| 4:21 | It is not their royaltye gone awaye with them: they shal dye trulye, and not in wysdome. |
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