New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)
Job
Job, 4
1 And Elʹi·phaz the Teʹman·ite proceeded to reply and say:
2 “If one does try out a word*1 to you, will you become weary? But to put a restraint on words who is able?
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3 Look! You have corrected many, And the weak hands you used to strengthen.
4 Anyone stumbling, your words*1 would raise up; And knees giving way you would make firm.
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5 But this time it comes to you, and you become weary; It touches even you, and you get disturbed.
6 Is not your reverence [the basis of] your confidence? Is not your hope even the integrity of your ways?
7 Remember, please: Who that is innocent has ever perished? And where have the upright ever been effaced?
8 According to what I have seen, those devising what is hurtful And those sowing trouble will themselves reap it.
9 Through the breath of God they perish, And through the spirit of his anger they come to an end.
10 There is the roaring of a lion,*1 and the voice of a young lion, But the teeth of maned young lions do get broken down.
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11 A lion is perishing from there being no prey, And the cubs of a lion*1 are separated from one another.
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12 Now to me a word was stealthily brought, And my ear proceeded to get a whisper of it,
13 In disquieting thoughts from visions of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men.
14 A dread came over me, and a trembling, And the multitude of my bones it filled with dread.
15 And a spirit itself went passing over my face; The hair of my flesh began to bristle.
16 It began to stand still, But I did not recognize its appearance; A form was in front of my eyes; There was a calm, and I now heard a voice:
17 ‘Mortal man*1—can he be more just than God*2 himself? Or can able-bodied man be cleaner than his own Maker?’
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18 Look! In his servants he has no faith, And his messengers*1 he charges with faultiness.
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19 How much more so with those dwelling in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust! One crushes them*1 more quickly than a moth.
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20 From morning to evening they are crushed to pieces; Without anyone’s taking [it to heart] they perish forever.
21 Has not their tent cord within them been pulled out? They die for lack of wisdom.