Job 4:7

Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?

Brenton Septuagint

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 thy fear founded in folly, thy hope also, and the mischief of thy way?

8Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.

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Cross References

Job 9:22Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.

Ecclesiastes 9:1I saw that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, though all are before their face.

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 →

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