Thematic Bible
Job 4:1 (show verse)
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Job 4:2 (show verse)
“If we dare to converse with you, will you be impatient [or offended]?
But who can restrain himself from speaking?
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Job 4:3 (show verse)
“Behold, you have admonished and instructed many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
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Job 4:4 (show verse)
“Your words have helped the one who was stumbling to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.
Job 4:5 (show verse)
“But now
It touches you, and you are horrified.
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Job 4:6 (show verse)
“Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And [is not] the integrity and uprightness of your ways your hope?
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Job 4:7 (show verse)
“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished?
Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?
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Job 4:8 (show verse)
“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness
And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.
Afflictions » Sin produces
Bearing fruit » Those that sow iniquity
Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Iniquity » Those that sow iniquity
Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
Punishment of the The Wicked » Is the fruit of their sin
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of wickedness
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Men's works producing a corresponding recompense
Sowing » Evil, on the part of the wicked
Sowing and reaping » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Bearing fruit » Those that sow iniquity
Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Iniquity » Those that sow iniquity
Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
Punishment of the The Wicked » Is the fruit of their sin
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of wickedness
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Men's works producing a corresponding recompense
Sowing » Evil, on the part of the wicked
Sowing and reaping » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Job 4:9 (show verse)
“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
Job 4:10 (show verse)
“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Job 4:11 (show verse)
“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
Job 4:12 (show verse)
“Now a word was secretly brought to me,
And my ear received a whisper of it.
Job 4:13 (show verse)
“Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
Job 4:14 (show verse)
Dread and trembling came upon me,
Which made all my bones shake.
Job 4:15 (show verse)
“Then a spirit passed before my face;
The hair on my skin stood on end!
Job 4:16 (show verse)
“The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying:
Job 4:17 (show verse)
‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?
Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?
Job 4:18 (show verse)
‘God puts no trust or confidence, even in His [heavenly] servants,
And He charges His angels with error.
Job 4:19 (show verse)
‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.
Body » House of clay
Clay » Figurative
Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Ground » Man made from
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth
Insignificance of man » A tenant in a house of clay
Man » Insignificance of
Man » Little lower than the angels
Man » Apparent insignificance of » A tenant in a house of clay
Man » Insignificance of » A tenant in a house of clay
Moth » An insect
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch
Clay » Figurative
Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Ground » Man made from
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth
Insignificance of man » A tenant in a house of clay
Man » Insignificance of
Man » Little lower than the angels
Man » Apparent insignificance of » A tenant in a house of clay
Man » Insignificance of » A tenant in a house of clay
Moth » An insect
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch
Job 4:20 (show verse)
‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces and destroyed;
Unobserved and unnoticed, they perish forever.
Job 4:21 (show verse)
‘Is not their tent-cord drawn up within them [so that the tent collapses]?
Do they not die, and yet without [acquiring] wisdom?’