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Themes in Job 4

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Themes in Job 4

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Job 4:1 (show verse)

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

God, Justice of » Declared to be » Incomparable

Job 4:2 (show verse)

Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?

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Job 4:3 (show verse)

Indeed, you have instructed many
and have strengthened weak hands.

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Job 4:4 (show verse)

Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.

Social duties » Fidelity in business » Kind words
Words » Kept words of Christ » Kind, examples of

Job 4:5 (show verse)

But now that this has happened to you,
you have become exhausted.
It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

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Job 4:6 (show verse)

Isn’t your piety your confidence,
and the integrity of your life your hope?

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Job 4:7 (show verse)

Consider: who has perished when he was innocent?
Where have the honest been destroyed?

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Job 4:8 (show verse)

In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble reap the same.

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

Job 4:9 (show verse)

They perish at a single blast from God
and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils.

Blasting » Figurative
Breath » Of God

Job 4:10 (show verse)

The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,
but the fangs of young lions are broken.

Lions » Fierceness of

Job 4:11 (show verse)

The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Lions » Often perishes for lack of food

Job 4:12 (show verse)

A word was brought to me in secret;
my ears caught a whisper of it.

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Vision » Of job » Of a spirit

Job 4:13 (show verse)

Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,
when deep sleep descends on men,

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Sleep » Spiritual » General references to natural
Vision » Of job » Of a spirit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To eliphaz

Job 4:14 (show verse)

fear and trembling came over me
and made all my bones shake.

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Vision » Of job » Of a spirit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To eliphaz

Job 4:15 (show verse)

A wind passed by me,
and I shuddered with fear.

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Vision » Of job » Of a spirit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To eliphaz

Job 4:16 (show verse)

A figure stood there,
but I could not recognize its appearance;
a form loomed before my eyes.
I heard a quiet voice:

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Vision » Of job » Of a spirit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To eliphaz

Job 4:17 (show verse)

“Can a person be more righteous than God,
or a man more pure than his Maker?”

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Man » Mortal

Job 4:18 (show verse)

If God puts no trust in His servants
and He charges His angels with foolishness,

Angel (a spirit) » Fallen
Angels » Fallen
Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Man » Insignificance of
Man » Little lower than the angels

Job 4:19 (show verse)

how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is 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

Job 4:20 (show verse)

They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
they perish forever while no one notices.

Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Man » Little lower than the angels

Job 4:21 (show verse)

Are their tent cords not pulled up?
They die without wisdom.

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Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Man » Little lower than the angels