{"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/ylt/job/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:56:33.550Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","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 answereth and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Hath one tried a word with thee? — Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope — the perfection of thy ways?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"As I have seen — ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude is over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Also — the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation is in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 4 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 4](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/4 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}