Job 4
Eliphaz's First Speech: The Innocent Do Not Suffer
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? Parallel theme: Jeremiah 6:11, Acts 4:20
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Parallel theme: Job 16:5, Deuteronomy 3:28, Proverbs 10:21, Isaiah 35:3, Luke 22:32, 22:43, Ephesians 4:29, Hebrews 12:12 +3
4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. Word: Proverbs 12:18. Parallel theme: Psalms 145:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:14, Hebrews 12:12
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. Parallel theme: Job 19:21
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Hope: Job 17:15, 1 Peter 1:13. Parallel theme: Job 1:1, 13:15, 16:17, 2 Kings 20:3, Proverbs 3:26, 14:26, 1 Peter 1:17 +4
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? Righteousness: Job 36:7, Psalms 37:25, 2 Peter 2:9. Parallel theme: Job 8:20, Acts 28:4
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. Sin: Proverbs 22:8. Evil: Jeremiah 4:18. Parallel theme: Job 15:35, Hosea 8:7, 2 Corinthians 9:6
9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. Parallel theme: Job 15:30, Psalms 18:15, Isaiah 11:4, 30:33, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 2:16
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. Parallel theme: Psalms 3:7, 57:4, 58:6, Proverbs 30:14
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. Parallel theme: Psalms 34:10
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. Parallel theme: Job 26:14, Psalms 62:11, 1 Corinthians 13:12
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Parallel theme: Genesis 2:21, 15:12
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Parallel theme: Revelation 1:17
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Parallel theme: 1 Kings 19:12
17 Shall mortal man be more just than GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity.? shall a man be more pure than his maker? References God: Job 35:10, Romans 11:33, Revelation 4:8. Righteousness: Job 9:2, 15:14, 25:4, 35:2, Psalms 143:2, 145:17, Ecclesiastes 7:20 +5
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: Parallel theme: 2 Peter 2:4, Jude 1:6
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? Parallel theme: Job 10:9, 13:12, 13:28, 33:6, Genesis 2:7, 3:19, 18:27, Psalms 39:11, 2 Corinthians 4:7 +4
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. Parallel theme: Job 20:7
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom. Parallel theme: Job 8:22, 36:12