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Job 4

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBThen Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
    KJVThen Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
  2. 2
    WEB“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
    KJVIf we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
  3. 3
    WEBBehold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
    KJVBehold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
  4. 4
    WEBYour words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm.
    KJVThy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
  5. 5
    WEBBut now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
    KJVBut now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
  6. 6
    WEBIsn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?
    KJVIs not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
  7. 7
    WEB“Remember, now, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
    KJVRemember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
  8. 8
    WEBAccording to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.
    KJVEven as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
  9. 9
    WEBBy the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
    KJVBy the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
  10. 10
    WEBThe roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
    KJVThe roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
  11. 11
    WEBThe old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
    KJVThe old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
  12. 12
    WEB“Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
    KJVNow a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
  13. 13
    WEBIn thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
    KJVIn thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
  14. 14
    WEBfear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
    KJVFear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
  15. 15
    WEBThen a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.
    KJVThen a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
  16. 16
    WEBIt stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
    KJVIt 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,
  17. 17
    WEB‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
    KJVShall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
  18. 18
    WEBBehold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
    KJVBehold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
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    WEBHow much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
    KJVHow much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
  20. 20
    WEBBetween morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
    KJVThey are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
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    WEBIsn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’
    KJVDoth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
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