# Job 4 ## Job 4:1 - [KJV] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, - [ASV] Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, - [YLT] And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 4:1 - ## Job 4:2 - [KJV] *If* we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? - [ASV] If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking? - [YLT] Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able? ### Notes on Job 4:2 - ## Job 4:3 - [KJV] Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. - [ASV] Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands. - [YLT] Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong. ### Notes on Job 4:3 - ## Job 4:4 - [KJV] Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. - [ASV] Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees. - [YLT] The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen. ### Notes on Job 4:4 - ## Job 4:5 - [KJV] But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. - [ASV] But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. - [YLT] But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled. ### Notes on Job 4:5 - ## Job 4:6 - [KJV] *Is* not *this* thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? - [ASV] Is not thy fear *of God* thy confidence, *And* the integrity of thy ways thy hope? - [YLT] Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope -- the perfection of thy ways? ### Notes on Job 4:6 - ## Job 4:7 - [KJV] Remember, I pray thee, who *ever* perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? - [ASV] Remember, I pray thee, who *ever* perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? - [YLT] Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off? ### Notes on Job 4:7 - ## Job 4:8 - [KJV] Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. - [ASV] According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same. - [YLT] As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it! ### Notes on Job 4:8 - ## Job 4:9 - [KJV] By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. - [ASV] By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed. - [YLT] From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed. ### Notes on Job 4:9 - ## Job 4:10 - [KJV] The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. - [ASV] The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken. - [YLT] The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken. ### Notes on Job 4:10 - ## Job 4:11 - [KJV] The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. - [ASV] The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. - [YLT] An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate. ### Notes on Job 4:11 - ## Job 4:12 - [KJV] Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. - [ASV] Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof. - [YLT] And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it. ### Notes on Job 4:12 - ## Job 4:13 - [KJV] In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, - [ASV] In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, - [YLT] In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, ### Notes on Job 4:13 - ## Job 4:14 - [KJV] Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. - [ASV] Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. - [YLT] Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear. ### Notes on Job 4:14 - ## Job 4:15 - [KJV] Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: - [ASV] Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up. - [YLT] And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh; ### Notes on Job 4:15 - ## Job 4:16 - [KJV] 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*, - [ASV] It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: *There was* silence, and I heard a voice, *saying*, - [YLT] It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude *is* over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear: ### Notes on Job 4:16 - ## Job 4:17 - [KJV] Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? - [ASV] Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? - [YLT] 'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner? ### Notes on Job 4:17 - ## Job 4:18 - [KJV] Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: - [ASV] Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly: - [YLT] Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.' ### Notes on Job 4:18 - ## Job 4:19 - [KJV] How much less *in* them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation *is* in the dust, *which* are crushed before the moth? - [ASV] How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! - [YLT] Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation *is* in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.) ### Notes on Job 4:19 - ## Job 4:20 - [KJV] They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding *it*. - [ASV] Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it. - [YLT] From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish. ### Notes on Job 4:20 - ## Job 4:21 - [KJV] Doth not their excellency *which is* in them go away? they die, even without wisdom. - [ASV] Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom. - [YLT] Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom! ### Notes on Job 4:21 -