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JOB 3:12–4:10 Job asks why afflicted. Eliphaz’ 1st speech 672
12 Why was it that knees confronted
me,
And why breasts a that I
should take suck?
13 For by now I should have lain
down that I might be
undisturbed; b
Ishouldhavesleptthen;I
should be at rest c
14 With kings and counselors of
the earth, d
Those building desolate
places for themselves, e
15 Or with princes who have
gold,
Those who fill their houses
with silver;
16 Or, like a hidden miscarriage,
f Ishouldnotcome
to be,
Like children that have
seen no light. g
17 There the wicked themselves
have ceased from agitation,
h
And there those weary in
power are at rest. i
18 Together prisoners themselves
are at ease;
They actually do not hear
the voice of one driving
them to work. j
19 Small and great are there the
same, k
And the slave is set free
from his master.
20 Whydoeshegivelighttoone
having trouble,
And life to those bitter of
soul? l
21 Why are there those waiting
for death, and it is not, m
Although they keep digging
for it more than for
hidden treasures?
22 Those who are rejoicing to
gleefulness,
They exult because they
find a burial place.
23 Why does he give light to ablebodied
man, whose way
has been concealed, n
And whom God hedges
in? o
24 For before my food my sighing
comes, p
CHAP. 3
a Ps 22:9
Lu 23:29
b Ec 9:5
Ec 9:10
c Job 30:23
Joh 11:11
d 1Ki 2:10
2Ch 16:14
e Ge 50:26
Isa 22:16
Eze 26:20
f Ps 58:8
Ec 6:3
Ho 9:14
g Ps 49:19
h Ps 9:17
i Ps 146:4
Ec 9:10
Isa 57:2
j Ex 5:6
k Job 30:23
Ps 49:10
Ec 3:20
Ec 8:8
Ec 9:2
l 1Sa 1:10
2Ki 4:27
Pr 31:6
m Nu 11:15
1Ki 19:4
Job 7:15
Jon 4:3
Re 9:6
n Job 19:8
o Job 12:14
Job 19:8
La 3:9
Ho 2:6
p Ps 80:5
Ps 102:9
Second Col.
a Ps 22:1
Ps 38:8
Isa 59:11
b Job 31:23
CHAP. 4
c Job 2:11
Job 42:9
d Lu 17:3
e Lu 22:32
f Pr 12:18
Pr 16:23
1Th 5:14
g Isa 35:3
Heb 12:12
h Job 1:1
i Job 2:3
Job 42:7
j Ga 6:7
And like waters my roaring
cries pour forth; a
25 Because a dreadful thing
I have dreaded, and it
comes upon me;
And what I have been
scared of comes to me. b
26 I have not been carefree,
nor have I been undisturbed,
Nor been at rest, and yet
agitation comes.”
4 And Eli·phazc the Teman·ite
proceeded to reply and say:
2 “If one does try out a word
to you, will you become
weary?
But to put a restraint on
words who is able?
3 Look! You have corrected
many, d
And the weak hands you
used to strengthen. e
4 Anyone stumbling, your
words would raise up; f
And knees giving way you
would make firm. g
5 Butthistimeitcomestoyou,
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 h of your ways?
7 Remember, please: Who that
is innocent has ever perished?
And where have the upright
i ever been effaced?
8 According to what I have
seen, those devising
what is hurtful
And those sowing trouble
will themselves reap it. j
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,
and the voice of a young
lion,
But the teeth of maned
young lions do get broken
down.