伯4:1 提幔人以利法回答说：
伯4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
伯4:2 “人若想与你说话，你就厌烦吗？但谁能忍住不说呢？
伯4:2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
伯4:3 你素来教导许多的人，又坚固软弱的手。
伯4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
伯4:4 你的言语曾扶助那将要跌倒的人，你又使软弱的膝稳固。
伯4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
伯4:5 但现在祸患临到你，你就昏迷；挨近你，你便惊惶。”
伯4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
伯4:6 你的倚靠，不是在你敬畏 神吗？你的盼望，不是在你行事纯正吗？
伯4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
伯4:7 请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人在何处剪除？
伯4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
伯4:8 按我所见，耕罪孽、种毒害的人都照样收割。
伯4:8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
伯4:9 神一出气，他们就灭亡； 神一发怒，他们就消没。
伯4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
伯4:10 狮子的吼叫和猛狮的声音尽都止息，少壮狮子的牙齿也都敲掉，
伯4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
伯4:11 老狮子因绝食而死，母狮之子也都离散。
伯4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
伯4:12 我暗暗地得了默示，我耳朵也听其细微的声音。
伯4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
伯4:13 在思念夜中异象之间，世人沉睡的时候，
伯4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
伯4:14 恐惧、战兢临到我身，使我百骨打战。
伯4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
伯4:15 有灵从我面前经过，我身上的毫毛直立。
伯4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
伯4:16 那灵停住，我却不能辨其形状；有影像在我眼前，我在静默中听见有声音说：
伯4:16 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,
伯4:17 必死的人岂能比 神公义吗？人岂能比造他的主洁净吗？
伯4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
伯4:18 主不信靠他的臣仆，并且指他的使者为愚昧；
伯4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
伯4:19 何况那住在土房、根基在尘土里被蠹虫所毁坏的人呢？
伯4:19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
伯4:20 早晚之间就被毁灭，永归无有，无人理会。
伯4:20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
伯4:21 他帐棚的绳索岂不从中抽出来呢？他死，且是无智慧而死。
伯4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.