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Job 4 (CEV)

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¹ Eliphaz from Teman said: ² Please be patient and listen to what I have to say. ³ Remember how your words ⁴ have guided and encouraged many in need. ⁵ But now you feel discouraged when struck by trouble. ⁶ You respect God and live right, so don't lose hope! ⁷ No truly innocent person has ever died young. ⁸ In my experience, only those who plant seeds of evil harvest trouble, ⁹ and then they are swept away by the angry breath of God. ¹⁰ They may roar and growl like powerful lions. But when God breaks their teeth, ¹¹ they starve, and their children are scattered. ¹² A secret was told to me in a faint whisper-- ¹³ I was overcome by sleep, but disturbed by dreams; ¹⁴ I trembled with fear, ¹⁵ and my hair stood on end, as a wind blew past my face. ¹⁶ It stopped and stood still. Then a form appeared-- a shapeless form. And from the silence, I heard a voice say, ¹⁷ "No humans are innocent in the eyes of God their Creator. ¹⁸ He finds fault with his servants and even with his angels. ¹⁹ Humans are formed from clay and are fragile as moths, so what chance do you have? ²⁰ Born after daybreak, you die before nightfall and disappear forever. ²¹ Your tent pegs are pulled up, and you leave this life, having gained no wisdom."