{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/job/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:30:59.696Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: —"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And a spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh stood up —"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Shall mortal man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 4 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 4](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/4 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}