Job 4

¹Then Eliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז’ĕ·lî·p̄az — God is my strengthH464 — Full Word Study → the Temaniteהַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יhat·tê·mā·nî — Person from TemanH8489 — Full Word Study → repliedוַ֭יַּעַןway·ya·‘an — To answer, respond, or testifyH6030 — Full Word Study →: ²“If one venturesהֲנִסָּ֬הhă·nis·sāh — to test, try, or prove by examinationH5254 — Full Word Study → a wordדָבָ֣רḏā·ḇār — word, matter, thing, affairH1697 — Full Word Study → with youאֵלֶ֣יךָ’ê·le·ḵā — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study →, will you be weariedתִּלְאֶ֑הtil·’eh — to be weary, faint, or loatheH3811 — Full Word Study →? Yet whoמִ֣יmî — who? what person?H4310 — Full Word Study → canיוּכָֽל׃yū·ḵāl — to be able, have power, endureH3201 — Full Word Study → keepוַעְצֹ֥רwa‘·ṣōr — to restrain, withhold, hold backH6113 — Full Word Study → from speakingבְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbə·mil·lîn — speech, word, matter, thing saidH4405 — Full Word Study →? ³Surelyהִ֭נֵּהhin·nêh — Look! Behold! Pay attention!H2009 — Full Word Study → you have instructedיִסַּ֣רְתָּyis·sar·tā — To discipline, correct, or instruct through rebuke or punishmentH3256 — Full Word Study → manyרַבִּ֑יםrab·bîm — great, many, abundant, mightyH7227 — Full Word Study →, and have strengthenedתְּחַזֵּֽק׃tə·ḥaz·zêq — To strengthen, make firm, establishH2388 — Full Word Study → their feebleרָפ֣וֹתrā·p̄ō·wṯ — weak, feeble, slackH7504 — Full Word Study → handsוְיָדַ֖יִםwə·yā·ḏa·yim — hand; power, strength, controlH3027 — Full Word Study →. ⁴Your wordsמִלֶּ֑יךָmil·le·ḵā — speech, word, matter, thing saidH4405 — Full Word Study → have steadiedיְקִימ֣וּןyə·qî·mūn — To rise, stand, or be establishedH6965 — Full Word Study → those who stumbledכּ֭וֹשֵׁלkō·wō·šêl — to stumble, fall, or collapseH3782 — Full Word Study →; you have bracedתְּאַמֵּֽץ׃tə·’am·mêṣ — To strengthen, make firm, or be courageousH553 — Full Word Study → the kneesוּבִרְכַּ֖יִםū·ḇir·ka·yim — Knee; the joint of the legH1290 — Full Word Study → that were bucklingכֹּרְע֣וֹתkō·rə·‘ō·wṯ — to bow down, kneel, or fall to the groundH3766 — Full Word Study →. ⁵Butכִּ֤יkî — because, since, that (conjunction/reason marker)H3588 — Full Word Study → nowעַתָּ֨ה׀‘at·tāh — Now; at the present timeH6258 — Full Word Study → trouble has come upon youאֵלֶ֣יךָ’ê·le·ḵā — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study →, and you are wearyוַתֵּ֑לֶאwat·tê·le — to be weary, faint, or loatheH3811 — Full Word Study →. It strikes youתִּגַּ֥עtig·ga‘ — to touch, reach, strike, or come into contactH5060 — Full Word Study →, and you are dismayedוַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃wat·tib·bā·hêl — to alarm, hasten, or act in hasteH926 — Full Word Study →. ⁶Is your reverenceיִ֭רְאָתְךָyir·’ā·ṯə·ḵā — Fear, reverence, dread, or aweH3374 — Full Word Study → notהֲלֹ֣אhă·lō — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → your confidenceכִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָkis·lā·ṯe·ḵā — Confidence, trust, or foolish presumptionH3690 — Full Word Study →, and the uprightnessוְתֹ֣םwə·ṯōm — Integrity, completeness, wholeness, uprightnessH8537 — Full Word Study → of your waysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃də·rā·ḵe·ḵā — way, path, journey, conductH1870 — Full Word Study → your hopeתִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā — Hope; expectation; cord of attachmentH8615 — Full Word Study →? ⁷Considerזְכָר־zə·ḵār- — to remember, recall, or mentionH2142 — Full Word Study → now, I pleadנָ֗אnā — Please, I beseech, I prayH4994 — Full Word Study →: Whoמִ֤יmî — who? what person?H4310 — Full Word Study →, being innocentנָקִ֣יnā·qî — Innocent, blameless, free from guiltH5355 — Full Word Study →, has ever perishedאָבָ֑ד’ā·ḇāḏ — To perish, be destroyed, or lostH6 — Full Word Study →? Or whereוְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הwə·’ê·p̄ōh — where? in what place?H375 — Full Word Study → have the uprightיְשָׁרִ֥יםyə·šā·rîm — upright, straight, righteous, justH3477 — Full Word Study → been destroyedנִכְחָֽדוּ׃niḵ·ḥā·ḏū — to hide, conceal, or be hiddenH3582 — Full Word Study →? ⁸Asכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka·’ă·šer — who, which, that; when, where, becauseH834 — Full Word Study → I have observedרָ֭אִיתִיrā·’î·ṯî — to see, perceive, behold, experienceH7200 — Full Word Study →, those who plowחֹ֣רְשֵׁיḥō·rə·šê — to engrave, plow, devise, or keep silentH2790 — Full Word Study → iniquityאָ֑וֶן’ā·wen — Evil, wickedness, iniquity, or worthlessnessH205 — Full Word Study → and those who sowוְזֹרְעֵ֖יwə·zō·rə·‘ê — to sow seed; to plantH2232 — Full Word Study → troubleעָמָ֣ל‘ā·māl — Labor, toil, trouble, or arduous workH5999 — Full Word Study → reap the sameיִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yiq·ṣə·ru·hū — to cut short, harvest, or reapH7114 — Full Word Study →. ⁹By the breathמִנִּשְׁמַ֣תmin·niš·maṯ — breath, spirit, life-breathH5397 — Full Word Study → of Godאֱל֣וֹהַ’ĕ·lō·w·ha — God; divine being; deityH433 — Full Word Study → they perishיֹאבֵ֑דוּyō·ḇê·ḏū — To perish, be destroyed, or lostH6 — Full Word Study →, and by the blastוּמֵר֖וּחַū·mê·rū·aḥ — Spirit, breath, wind, or inner dispositionH7307 — Full Word Study → of His angerאַפּ֣וֹ’ap·pōw — Anger, wrath, face, or noseH639 — Full Word Study → they are consumedיִכְלֽוּ׃yiḵ·lū — to finish, complete, or bring to an endH3615 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁰The lionאַ֭רְיֵה’ar·yêh — A lion; fierce predatorH738 — Full Word Study → may roarשַׁאֲגַ֣תša·’ă·ḡaṯ — a roaring sound, roarH7581 — Full Word Study →, and the fierce lionשָׁ֑חַלšā·ḥal — A fierce lion; a powerful predatorH7826 — Full Word Study → may growlוְק֣וֹלwə·qō·wl — voice, sound, or cryH6963 — Full Word Study →, yet the teethוְשִׁנֵּ֖יwə·šin·nê — Tooth; ivory; sharp edge; cragH8127 — Full Word Study → of the young lionsכְפִירִ֣יםḵə·p̄î·rîm — Young lion; fierce strength and dangerH3715 — Full Word Study → are brokenנִתָּֽעוּ׃nit·tā·‘ū — to break, snap, or shatterH5421 — Full Word Study →. ¹¹The old lionלַ֭יִשׁla·yiš — Old lion; mature male lionH3918 — Full Word Study → perishesאֹבֵ֣ד’ō·ḇêḏ — To perish, be destroyed, or lostH6 — Full Word Study → for lackמִבְּלִי־mib·bə·lî- — without, lack of, absenceH1097 — Full Word Study → of preyטָ֑רֶףṭā·rep̄ — Prey; food torn apartH2964 — Full Word Study →, and the cubsוּבְנֵ֥יū·ḇə·nê — Son; descendant; member of a groupH1121 — Full Word Study → of the lionessלָ֝בִ֗יאlā·ḇî — Lion; symbol of strength and ferocityH3833 — Full Word Study → are scatteredיִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yiṯ·pā·rā·ḏū — to separate, divide, or disperseH6504 — Full Word Study →. ¹²Now a wordדָּבָ֣רdā·ḇār — word, matter, thing, affairH1697 — Full Word Study → came to meוְ֭אֵלַיwə·’ê·lay — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study → secretlyיְגֻנָּ֑בyə·ḡun·nāḇ — to steal; to take secretly or by stealthH1589 — Full Word Study →; my earsאָ֝זְנִ֗י’ā·zə·nî — Ear; the organ of hearing and listeningH241 — Full Word Study → caughtוַתִּקַּ֥חwat·tiq·qaḥ — to take, seize, or receiveH3947 — Full Word Study → a whisperשֵׁ֣מֶץšê·meṣ — a whisper, a hint, a trifleH8102 — Full Word Study → of itמֶֽנְהֽוּ׃men·hū — from, out of, by means ofH4480 — Full Word Study →. ¹³In disquietingבִּ֭שְׂעִפִּיםbiś·‘ip·pîm — Divided opinion; inner conflict or hesitationH5587 — Full Word Study → visionsמֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹתmê·ḥez·yō·nō·wṯ — A vision or appearance; a divine revelationH2384 — Full Word Study → in the nightלָ֑יְלָהlā·yə·lāh — Night, darkness, the period of darknessH3915 — Full Word Study →, when deep sleepתַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗הtar·dê·māh — Deep sleep; divine stupor or tranceH8639 — Full Word Study → fallsבִּנְפֹ֥לbin·p̄ōl — to fall; collapse; perishH5307 — Full Word Study → onעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → menאֲנָשִֽׁים׃’ă·nā·šîm — human being, man, mortal personH582 — Full Word Study →, ¹⁴fearפַּ֣חַדpa·ḥaḏ — dread, terror, overwhelming fearH6343 — Full Word Study → and tremblingוּרְעָדָ֑הū·rə·‘ā·ḏāh — trembling, shuddering, quakingH7461 — Full Word Study → came over meקְ֭רָאַנִיqə·rā·’a·nî — to meet, encounter, or come upon (often by chance or unexpectedly)H7122 — Full Word Study → and made allוְרֹ֖בwə·rōḇ — Abundance, multitude, or great quantityH7230 — Full Word Study → my bonesעַצְמוֹתַ֣י‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯay — bone; body; substance; strengthH6106 — Full Word Study → shudderהִפְחִֽיד׃hip̄·ḥîḏ — to fear, dread, or be afraidH6342 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁵Then a spiritוְ֭רוּחַwə·rū·aḥ — Spirit, breath, wind, or inner dispositionH7307 — Full Word Study → glidedיַחֲלֹ֑ףya·ḥă·lōp̄ — to pass over, pass away, changeH2498 — Full Word Study → pastעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → my faceפָּנַ֣יpā·nay — face; presence; beforeH6440 — Full Word Study →, and the hair on my bodyבְּשָׂרִֽי׃bə·śā·rî — Flesh; body; meat; human natureH1320 — Full Word Study → bristledתְּ֝סַמֵּ֗רtə·sam·mêr — to bristle up, stand on end, shudderH5568 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁶It stood stillיַעֲמֹ֤ד׀ya·‘ă·mōḏ — to stand, take a stand, be establishedH5975 — Full Word Study →, but I could notוְֽלֹא־wə·lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → discernאַכִּ֬יר’ak·kîr — To recognize, acknowledge, regard, or treat as strangeH5234 — Full Word Study → its appearanceמַרְאֵ֗הוּmar·’ê·hū — Appearance, sight, vision, or outward formH4758 — Full Word Study →; a formתְּ֭מוּנָהtə·mū·nāh — Visual form, likeness, appearanceH8544 — Full Word Study → loomed beforeלְנֶ֣גֶדlə·ne·ḡeḏ — before, in front of, in the presence ofH5048 — Full Word Study → my eyesעֵינָ֑י‘ê·nāy — Eye; sight; appearance; fountainH5869 — Full Word Study →, and I heardאֶשְׁמָֽע׃’eš·mā‘ — to hear, listen, obeyH8085 — Full Word Study → a whisperingדְּמָמָ֖הdə·mā·māh — Silence, stillness, calm quietnessH1827 — Full Word Study → voiceוָק֣וֹלwā·qō·wl — voice, sound, or cryH6963 — Full Word Study →: ¹⁷‘Can a mortal be more righteousיִצְדָּ֑קyiṣ·dāq — To be righteous, justify, vindicateH6663 — Full Word Study → than Godמֵאֱל֣וֹהַmê·’ĕ·lō·w·ha — God; divine being; deityH433 — Full Word Study →, orאִ֥ם’im — If, whether; conditional conjunction with wide applicabilityH518 — Full Word Study → a manגָּֽבֶר׃gā·ḇer — Man, mighty man, strong manH1397 — Full Word Study → more pureיִטְהַר־yiṭ·har- — to be clean, purify, make pureH2891 — Full Word Study → than his Makerמֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּmê·‘ō·śê·hū — to do, make, or accomplish; to act or performH6213 — Full Word Study →? ¹⁸Ifהֵ֣ןhên — Look! Behold! — an attention-directing particleH2005 — Full Word Study → God puts noלֹ֣אlō — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → trustיַאֲמִ֑יןya·’ă·mîn — to trust, believe, be faithfulH539 — Full Word Study → in His servantsבַּ֭עֲבָדָיוba·‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw — Servant; slave; one in bondage or serviceH5650 — Full Word Study →, and He chargesיָשִׂ֥יםyā·śîm — to put, place, set, appointH7760 — Full Word Study → His angelsוּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יוū·ḇə·mal·’ā·ḵāw — messenger; angel; envoyH4397 — Full Word Study → with errorתָּהֳלָֽה׃tā·ho·lāh — folly, error, or foolish behaviorH8417 — Full Word Study →, ¹⁹how much moreאַ֤ף׀’ap̄ — Also, moreover, even, indeedH637 — Full Word Study → those who dwellשֹׁכְנֵ֬יšō·ḵə·nê — To dwell, inhabit, or settle in a placeH7931 — Full Word Study → in housesבָֽתֵּי־ḇāt·tê- — A house; dwelling place; household; familyH1004 — Full Word Study → of clayחֹ֗מֶרḥō·mer — clay, mire, or a dry measure (homer)H2563 — Full Word Study →, whoseאֲשֶׁר־’ă·šer- — who, which, that; when, where, becauseH834 — Full Word Study → foundationsיְסוֹדָ֑םyə·sō·w·ḏām — Foundation, base, ground levelH3247 — Full Word Study → are in the dustבֶּעָפָ֥רbe·‘ā·p̄ār — dust; fine particles of earth or ground matterH6083 — Full Word Study →, who can be crushedיְ֝דַכְּא֗וּםyə·ḏak·kə·’ūm — to crush, break, or oppressH1792 — Full Word Study → like a mothעָֽשׁ׃‘āš — A moth; an insect that consumes fabricH6211 — Full Word Study →! ²⁰They are smashed to piecesיֻכַּ֑תּוּyuk·kat·tū — To crush, break in pieces, or shatterH3807 — Full Word Study → from dawnמִבֹּ֣קֶרmib·bō·qer — Morning; daybreak; the early part of the dayH1242 — Full Word Study → to duskלָעֶ֣רֶבlā·‘e·reḇ — Evening, the time of day when sun setsH6153 — Full Word Study →; unnoticedמִבְּלִ֥יmib·bə·lî — without, lack of, absenceH1097 — Full Word Study →, they perishיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃yō·ḇê·ḏū — To perish, be destroyed, or lostH6 — Full Word Study → foreverלָנֶ֥צַחlā·ne·ṣaḥ — perpetual strength; eternal enduranceH5331 — Full Word Study →. ²¹Are not their tent cordsיִתְרָ֣םyiṯ·rām — remainder, excess, superiorityH3499 — Full Word Study → pulled upנִסַּ֣עnis·sa‘ — to journey, set out, departH5265 — Full Word Study →, so that they dieיָ֝מ֗וּתוּyā·mū·ṯū — to die; to put to death; to killH4191 — Full Word Study → withoutוְלֹ֣אwə·lō — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → wisdomבְחָכְמָֽה׃ḇə·ḥā·ḵə·māh — Wisdom; skillful understanding and discernmentH2451 — Full Word Study →?’