--- title: Job 4 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 4 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 4 # Job 4 21 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.1/) — וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: - [4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.2/) — הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָֽל׃ — If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking? - [4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.3/) — הִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפוֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃ — Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. - [4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.4/) — כּוֹשֵׁליְקִימוּן מִלֶּיךָ וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃ — Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. - [4:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.5/) — כִּי עַתָּה ׀ תָּבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶא תִּגַּע עָדֶיךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃ — But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; it toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted. - [4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.6/) — הֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ תִּקְוָתְךָ וְתֹם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ — Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways? - [4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.7/) — זְכָר־נָא מִי הוּא נָקִי אָבָד וְאֵיפֹה יְשָׁרִים נִכְחָֽדוּ׃ — Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? - [4:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.8/) — כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי חֹרְשֵׁי אָוֶן וְזֹרְעֵי עָמָל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃ — According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same. - [4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.9/) — מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלוֹהַ יֹאבֵדוּ וּמֵרוּחַ אַפּוֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃ — By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed. - [4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.10/) — שַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקוֹל שָׁחַל וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּֽעוּ׃ — The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken. - [4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.11/) — לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃ — The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. - [4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.12/) — וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב וַתִּקַּח אָזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃ — Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof. - [4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.13/) — בִּשְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת לָיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ — In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, - [4:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.14/) — פַּחַד קְרָאַנִי וּרְעָדָה וְרֹב עַצְמוֹתַי הִפְחִֽיד׃ — Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake. - [4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.15/) — וְרוּחַ עַל־פָּנַי יַחֲלֹף תְּסַמֵּר שַֽׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃ — Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up. - [4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.16/) — יַעֲמֹד ׀ וְֽלֹא־אַכִּיר מַרְאֵהוּ תְּמוּנָה לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי דְּמָמָה וָקוֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ — It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice: - [4:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.17/) — הַֽאֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱלוֹהַ יִצְדָּק אִם מֵעֹשֵׂהוּ יִטְהַר־גָּֽבֶר׃ — 'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker? - [4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.18/) — הֵן בַּעֲבָדָיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וּבְמַלְאָכָיו יָשִׂים תָּהֳלָֽה׃ — Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly; - [4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.19/) — אַף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵי בָֽתֵּי־חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָר יְסוֹדָם יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃ — How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth! - [4:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.20/) — מִבֹּקֶר לָעֶרֶב יֻכַּתּוּ מִבְּלִי מֵשִׂים לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ — Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it. - [4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.21/) — הֲלֹא־נִסַּע יִתְרָם בָּם יָמוּתוּ וְלֹא בְחָכְמָֽה׃ — Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.' - ← previous: [Job 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/3/) - next →: [Job 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/5/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)