18:003:019 The small and great are there; and the
servant is free from
his
master.
18:003:020 Wherefore is light given to him that is
in misery, and life
unto
the bitter in soul;
18:003:021 Which long for death, but it cometh not;
and dig for it more
than
for hid treasures;
18:003:022 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad,
when they can find
the
grave?
18:003:023 Why is light given to a man whose way is
hid, and whom God
hath
hedged in?
18:003:024 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and
my roarings are poured
out
like the waters.
18:003:025 For the thing which I greatly feared is
come upon me, and that
which
I was afraid of is come unto me.
18:003:026 I was not in safety, neither had I rest,
neither was I quiet;
yet
trouble came.
18:004:001 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
18:004:002 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt
thou be grieved? but
who
can withhold himself from speaking?
18:004:003 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and
thou hast strengthened
the
weak hands.
18:004:004 Thy words have upholden him that was falling,
and thou hast
strengthened
the feeble knees.
18:004:005 But now it is come upon thee, and thou
faintest; it toucheth
thee,
and thou art troubled.
18:004:006 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy
hope, and the
uprightness
of thy ways?
18:004:007 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished,
being innocent? or
where
were the righteous cut off?
18:004:008 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,
and sow
wickedness,
reap the same.
18:004:009 By the blast of God they perish, and by
the breath of his
nostrils
are they consumed.
18:004:010 The roaring of the lion, and the voice
of the fierce lion, and
the
teeth of the young lions, are broken.
18:004:011 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,
and the stout lion’s
whelps
are scattered abroad.
18:004:012 Now a thing was secretly brought to me,
and mine ear received
a
little thereof.
18:004:013 In thoughts from the visions of the night,
when deep sleep
falleth
on men,
18:004:014 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which
made all my bones to
shake.
18:004:015 Then a spirit passed before my face; the
hair of my flesh
stood
up:
18:004:016 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,
18:004:017 Shall mortal man be more just than God?
shall a man be more
pure
than his maker?


