4: 2 If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
4: 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4: 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the 27feeble knees.
27Hb. bowing.
4: 5 But now it is come unto thee, and thou 28faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
28Or, art grieved;
4: 6 Is not thy awe of God thy confidence, And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
4: 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
4: 8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow 29trouble, reap the same.
29Or, mischief,
4: 9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
4: 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
4: 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
4: 12 Now a thing was 30secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
30Hb. brought by stealth to me,
4: 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,
4: 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake.
4: 15 Then 31a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.
31Or, a breath passed over my face;
4: 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: 32There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
32Or, I heard a still voice,
4: 17 Shall mortal man 33be more just than God? Shall a man 34be more pure than his Maker?
33Or, be just before God
34Or, be pure before his Maker
4: 18 Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:
4: 19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed 35before the moth!
35Or, like the moth!
4: 20 36Betwixt morning and evening they are 37destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
36Or, From morning to evening they are destroyed:
37Hb. broken in pieces:
4: 21 38Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
38Or, Is not their excellency which is in them removed?
