{"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/kjv/job/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T15:37:46.600Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"<i>If</i> we 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 strengthened the feeble knees."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"<i>Is</i> not <i>this</i> thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember, I pray thee, who <i>ever</i> perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils 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 stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little 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 form thereof: an image <i>was</i> before mine eyes, <i>there was</i> silence, and I heard a voice, <i>saying</i>,"},{"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 put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"How much less <i>in</i> them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation <i>is</i> in the dust, <i>which</i> are crushed before the moth?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding <i>it</i>."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Doth not their excellency <i>which is</i> in them go away? they die, even without wisdom."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 4 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 4](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/4 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}