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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
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But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
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Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
4:8
 
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils 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.
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The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
4:12
 
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
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In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
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Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
4:15
 
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
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Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
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Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
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How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
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They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
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Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

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John Wesley's Notes
Explanation posted by John Wesley on 2007-01-01 00:00:00
Eliphaz owns Job's former usefulness, but infers from his present state and behaviour, that he was an hypocrite, ver. 1-6. He affirms that God never afflicts man, but for his wickedness, ver. 7-11. He confirms his assertion, by the words he heard in a vision, ver. 12-21. By all this he aims to make Job both penitent and patient under his sufferings.
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