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Book 18 of 66 · Poetry & Wisdom

JobChapter 4 · humanity and family and trust and refuge

21 verses2 sections2 min readWisdomComplete KJV text

Job 4 contains 21 verses in the King James Version. This page presents the complete chapter, a section-by-section outline, and direct links to every verse. Its recurring subjects include humanity and family, trust and refuge, and angels and messengers.

Chapter at a glance

What is in Job 4?

The chapter opens, “Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,” It closes in verse 21, “Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.” The outline below follows the text in order.

Primary themes
humanity and familytrust and refugeangels and messengers
Passage
Job 4:1–21
Reading time
About 2 minutes · 337 words
Section-by-section outline

Job 4 outline

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  1. Verses 1–11

    Prayer · Hope

    Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

  2. Verses 12–21

    Humanity and Family · Trust and Refuge

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

King James Version · complete chapter

Job 4 KJV

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? 3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. 5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? 7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad. 12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16It 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, 17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? 18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: 19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? 20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. 21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.