Job 4

1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,2 If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?3 Behold, thou hast instructed many,4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling,5 But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest;6 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence,7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,9 By the breath of God they perish,10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me,13 In thoughts from the visions of the night,14 Fear came upon me, and trembling,15 Then a spirit passed before my face;16 It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof;17 Shall mortal man be more just than God?18 Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants;19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay,20 Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed:21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?

Job 5

1 Call now; is there any that will answer thee?2 For vexation killeth the foolish man,3 I have seen the foolish taking root:4 His children are far from safety,5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up,6 For affliction cometh not forth from the dust,7 But man is born unto trouble,

8 But as for me, I would seek unto God,9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable,10 Who giveth rain upon the earth,11 So that he setteth up on high those that are low,12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty,13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness;14 They meet with darkness in the day-time,15 But he saveth from the sword of their mouth,16 So the poor hath hope,17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up;19 He will deliver thee in six troubles;20 In famine he will redeem thee from death;21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue;22 At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh;23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field;24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace;25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great,26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age,27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is;

Job 6

1 Then Job answered and said,2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed,3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass?6 Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt?7 My soul refuseth to touch them;8 Oh that I might have my request;9 Even that it would please God to crush me;10 And be it still my consolation,11 What is my strength, that I should wait?12 Is my strength the strength of stones?13 Is it not that I have no help in me,14 To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend;15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,16 Which are black by reason of the ice,17 What time they wax warm, they vanish;18 The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside;19 The caravans of Tema looked,20 They were put to shame because they had hoped;21 For now ye are nothing;22 Did I say, Give unto me?23 Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace;25 How forcible are words of uprightness!26 Do ye think to reprove words,27 Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless,28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon me;29 Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice;30 Is there injustice on my tongue?