Verse 20
Job 4:20
Darby Translation
20
From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִ/בֹּ֣קֶר לָ/עֶ֣רֶב יֻכַּ֑תּוּ מִ/בְּלִ֥י מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים לָ/נֶ֥צַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ
English Translation
From morning to evening they will be struck down; without delay they will perish forever.
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Chapter 4 Context
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And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;
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Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:
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But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?
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Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?
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Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.
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By the breath of God (Elohim) they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.
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10
The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken...
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The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
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12
Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.
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In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:
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Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;
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And a spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh stood up
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It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a s...
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Shall [mortal] man be more just than God (Elohim)? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?
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Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
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How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as...
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From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.
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Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.
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