Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished?
Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?
New American Standard Bible
Or where were the upright destroyed?
King James Version
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Holman Bible
Where have the honest been destroyed?
International Standard Version
Now please think: Who has ever perished when they're innocent? Where have the upright been destroyed?
A Conservative Version
Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
American Standard Version
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
Bible in Basic English
Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?
Darby Translation
Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?
Julia Smith Translation
Remember now, who perished, he being innocent? and where were the upright cut off?
King James 2000
Remember, I pray you, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{Think} now, who has perished [who is] innocent? Or where [are] the upright destroyed?
Modern King James verseion
Remember, please, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Consider, I pray thee: who ever perished being an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroyed?
NET Bible
Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?
New Heart English Bible
"Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
The Emphasized Bible
Remember, I pray thee, who, being innocent, hath perished, or when, the upright, have been cut off.
Webster
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off;
World English Bible
"Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
Youngs Literal Translation
Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 4:7
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Eliphaz's First Response To Job
6
“Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And [is not] the integrity and uprightness of your ways your hope?
“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished?
Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?
“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness
And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.
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Cross References
Psalm 37:25
I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.
Job 8:20
“Behold, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He strengthen or support evildoers.
Job 9:22-23
“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’
Job 36:7
“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous [those in right standing with Him];
But with kings upon the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
I have seen everything during my [fleeting] days of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who
Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
For I have taken all this to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.
Acts 28:4
When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, Justice [the avenging goddess] has not permitted him to live.”
2 Peter 2:9
then [in light of the fact that all this is true, be sure that] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,