Job 4:1

AMP: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

ASV: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

BSB: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

DARBY: And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

DRA: Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:

KJV: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Job 4:2

AMP: “If we dare to converse with you, will you be impatient [or offended]?But who can restrain himself from speaking?

ASV: If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

BSB: “If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied?Yet who can keep from speaking?

DARBY: If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?

DRA: If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?

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

Job 4:3

AMP: “Behold, you have admonished and instructed many,And you have strengthened weak hands.

ASV: Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

BSB: Surely you have instructed many,and have strengthened their feeble hands.

DARBY: Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;

DRA: Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:

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

Job 4:4

AMP: “Your words have helped the one who was stumbling to stand,And you have strengthened feeble knees.

ASV: Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.

BSB: Your words have steadied those who stumbled;you have braced the knees that were buckling.

DARBY: Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:

DRA: Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:

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

Job 4:5

AMP: “But now adversity comes upon you, and you are impatient and intolerant;It touches you, and you are horrified.

ASV: But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

BSB: But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary.It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

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

DRA: But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.

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

Job 4:6

AMP: “Is not your fear of God your confidence,And [is not] the integrity and uprightness of your ways your hope?

ASV: Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [And] the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

BSB: Is your reverence not your confidence,and the uprightness of your ways your hope?

DARBY: Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?

DRA: Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?

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

Job 4:7

AMP: ¶“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished?Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?

ASV: Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

BSB: Consider now, I plead:Who, being innocent, has ever perished?Or where have the upright been destroyed?

DARBY: Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

DRA: Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?

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

Job 4:8

AMP: “As I have seen, those who plow wickednessAnd those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.

ASV: According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

BSB: As I have observed, those who plow iniquityand those who sow trouble reap the same.

DARBY: Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.

DRA: On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,

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

Job 4:9

AMP: “By the breath of God they perish,And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

ASV: By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

BSB: By the breath of God they perish,and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

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

DRA: Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.

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

Job 4:10

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

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

BSB: The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl,yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

DARBY: The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;

DRA: The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:

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

Job 4:11

AMP: “The lion perishes for lack of prey,And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

ASV: The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

BSB: The old lion perishes for lack of prey,and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

DARBY: The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

DRA: The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.

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

Job 4:12

AMP: ¶“Now a word was secretly brought to me,And my ear received a whisper of it.

ASV: Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.

BSB: Now a word came to me secretly;my ears caught a whisper of it.

DARBY: Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

DRA: Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.

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

Job 4:13

AMP: “Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,When deep sleep falls on men,

ASV: In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,

BSB: In disquieting visions in the night,when deep sleep falls on men,

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

DRA: In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,

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

Job 4:14

AMP: Dread and trembling came upon me,Which made all my bones shake.

ASV: Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake.

BSB: fear and trembling came over meand made all my bones shudder.

DARBY: Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;

DRA: Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:

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

Job 4:15

AMP: “Then a spirit passed before my face;The hair on my skin stood on end!

ASV: Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.

BSB: Then a spirit glided past my face,and the hair on my body bristled.

DARBY: And a spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh stood up

DRA: And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.

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

Job 4:16

AMP: “The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;A form was before my eyes;There was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying:

ASV: It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],

BSB: It stood still,but I could not discern its appearance;a form loomed before my eyes,and I heard a whispering voice:

DARBY: It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:

DRA: There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:

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,

Job 4:17

AMP: ‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He? [1 John 1:7; Rev 1:5]

ASV: Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

BSB: ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God,or a man more pure than his Maker?

DARBY: Shall [mortal] man be more just than God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?

DRA: Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?

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

Job 4:18

AMP: ‘God puts no trust or confidence, even in His [heavenly] servants,And He charges His angels with error.

ASV: Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:

BSB: If God puts no trust in His servants,and He charges His angels with error,

DARBY: Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:

DRA: Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:

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

Job 4:19

AMP: ‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,Whose foundations are in the dust,Who are crushed like a moth.

ASV: How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

BSB: how much more those who dwell in houses of clay,whose foundations are in the dust,who can be crushed like a moth!

DARBY: How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

DRA: How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?

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

Job 4:20

AMP: ‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces and destroyed;Unobserved and unnoticed, they perish forever.

ASV: Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.

BSB: They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;unnoticed, they perish forever.

DARBY: From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.

DRA: From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.

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

Job 4:21

AMP: ‘Is not their tent-cord drawn up within them [so that the tent collapses]?Do they not die, and yet without [acquiring] wisdom?’

ASV: Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

BSB: Are not their tent cords pulled up,so that they die without wisdom?’[’’]

DARBY: Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.

DRA: And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.

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

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