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Job

Explores the themes of suffering and faith through the story of Job, a man tested by losing everything.

Chapter 4

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KJV: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Geneva: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,

KJV: If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

Geneva: If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?

KJV: Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

Geneva: Behold, thou hast taught many, and hast strengthened the wearie hands.

KJV: Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

Geneva: Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the weake knees.

KJV: But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

Geneva: But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

KJV: Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

Geneva: Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy pacience, and the vprightnesse of thy wayes?

KJV: Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Geneva: Remember, I pray thee: who euer perished, being an innocent? or where were the vpright destroyed?

KJV: Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Geneva: As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.

KJV: By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

Geneva: With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.

KJV: The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Geneva: The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, & the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.

KJV: The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

Geneva: The Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the Lyons whelpes are scattered abroade.

KJV: Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

Geneva: But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.

KJV: In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

Geneva: In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,

KJV: Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

Geneva: Feare came vpon me, & dread which made all my bones to tremble.

KJV: Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

Geneva: And the wind passed before me, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp.

KJV: 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,

Geneva: Then stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying,

KJV: Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Geneva: Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?

KJV: Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

Geneva: Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Seruants, and laid follie vpon his Angels.

KJV: How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

Geneva: Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?

KJV: They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

Geneva: They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.

KJV: Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

Geneva: Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, & that without wisdom?

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