{"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/erv/job/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:34:09.408Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself 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 falling, and thou hast confirmed the feeble knees."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the upright cut off?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger are they consumed."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The roaring 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 abroad."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Behold, he putteth no trust in 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, which are crushed before the moth!"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: they perish for ever without any regarding it."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? they die, and that without wisdom."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 4 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 4](https://primebible.com/erv/job/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/4 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}