Verse 19
Job 4:19
New Living Translation
19
how much less will he trust people made of clay!<br>They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַ֤ף שֹׁכְנֵ֬י בָֽתֵּי חֹ֗מֶר אֲשֶׁר בֶּ/עָפָ֥ר יְסוֹדָ֑/ם יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּ/ם לִ/פְנֵי עָֽשׁ
English Translation
Even the inhabitants of the houses of clay, which are in the dust, shall be crushed before the action.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:
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“Will you be patient and let me say a word?<br>For who could keep from speaking out?<br>
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“In the past you have encouraged many people;<br>you have strengthened those who were weak.<br>
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Your words have supported those who were falling;<br>you encouraged those with shaky knees.<br>
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But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart.<br>You are terrified when it touches you.<br>
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Doesn’t your reverence for God (Elohim) give you confidence?<br>Doesn’t your life of integrity give...
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“Stop and think! Do the innocent die?<br>When have the upright been destroyed?<br>
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My experience shows that those who plant trouble<br>and cultivate evil will harvest the same.<br>
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9
A breath from God (Elohim) destroys them.<br>They vanish in a blast of his anger.<br>
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10
The lion roars and the wildcat snarls,<br>but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.<br>
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The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey,<br>and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.<br>
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12
“This truth was given to me in secret,<br>as though whispered in my ear.<br>
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It came to me in a disturbing vision at night,<br>when people are in a deep sleep.<br>
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Fear gripped me,<br>and my bones trembled.<br>
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A spirit swept past my face,<br>and my hair stood on end.<br>
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The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape.<br>There was a form before my eyes.<br>In the sile...
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‘Can a mortal be innocent before God (Elohim)?<br>Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’<br>
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“If God (Elohim) does not trust his own angels<br>and has charged his messengers with foolishness,<b...
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how much less will he trust people made of clay!<br>They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a mo...
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They are alive in the morning but dead by evening,<br>gone forever without a trace.<br>
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Their tent-cords are pulled and the tent collapses,<br>and they die in ignorance.<br>
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