Job 4

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 4 of 42

¹ ¶ And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

² Shall one try a word with you, you who are weary? But who can hold back with words?

³ Behold, you have instructed many; and you have made weak hands strong.

⁴ Your words have upheld him who was falling, and you have made feeble knees strong.

Chapter Summary

1 Eliphaz reproves Job for lack of faith. 7 He teaches that Jehovah's judgments are not for the righteous ones, but for the wicked ones.

Key Hebrew Words

תֹּם integrity, completeness H8537 · TWOT 2522a

אָבַד perish H6 · TWOT 2

נָקִיא innocent H5355 · TWOT 1412b

רוּחַ spirit H7307 · TWOT 2131a

פַּ֫חַד dread, fear H6343 · TWOT 1756a

יָסַר instruct, correct H3256 · TWOT 877

People & Context

Eliphaz the Temanite

The first of Job's friends to speak; he opens his rebuke appealing to a night vision and retribution doctrine

Job

The sufferer Eliphaz addresses, charged with fainting now that calamity has touched him

Timeline

Eliphaz's First Speech: Sowing and Reaping

Eliphaz responds, noting Job used to comfort others but now faints. He argues that the innocent do not perish, but those who plow iniquity harvest it.

Job 4:1-11

Eliphaz's Night Vision

Eliphaz recounts a terrifying spirit visit that asked if mortal man can be more righteous than God, noting that God puts no trust in His servants or angels, let alone houses of clay.

Job 4:12-21

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