Job 4:7
Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
In Context
6Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?
Cross References
Job 9:22It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.
Psalms 37:25I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.
Ecclesiastes 9:1All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.
2 Peter 2:9The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;
Matthew Henry on Job 4:2-7
The Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the… Read the whole commentary →