Behold, (A)you have taught many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
Your words have helped the stumbling to stand,
And you have strengthened [a]feeble knees.
But now it comes to you, and you (B)are impatient;
It (C)touches you, and you are horrified.
Is your [b](D)fear of God not (E)your confidence,
And the integrity of your ways your hope?

“Remember now, (F)who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?
According to what I have seen, (G)those who [c]plow wrongdoing
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
By (H)the breath of God they perish,
And (I)by the [d]blast of His anger they come to an end.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:4 Lit knees giving way
  2. Job 4:6 Or reverence for
  3. Job 4:8 I.e., devise
  4. Job 4:9 Lit wind

Think how you have instructed many,(A)
    how you have strengthened feeble hands.(B)
Your words have supported those who stumbled;(C)
    you have strengthened faltering knees.(D)
But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;(E)
    it strikes(F) you, and you are dismayed.(G)
Should not your piety be your confidence(H)
    and your blameless(I) ways your hope?

“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?(J)
    Where were the upright ever destroyed?(K)
As I have observed,(L) those who plow evil(M)
    and those who sow trouble reap it.(N)
At the breath of God(O) they perish;
    at the blast of his anger they are no more.(P)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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