Job 4:7
Consider now, who ever perished, being naki (innocent)? 1 Or where were the yesharim (upright ones) cut off? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 this thy fear, thy confidence, 1 thy tikveh, and the blamelessness of thy ways? 1
8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, 1 and sow amal (trouble), reap the same. 1
Cross References
Job 9:22This is one thing; therefore I said it, 1 He destroyeth the tam (blameless) and the rasha (wicked). 1
Psalms 37:25I have been na'ar (young), 1 and now am old; yet I have not seen the tzaddik forsaken, 1 nor his zera begging lechem. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:1All this I took to my lev, explaining it all, that the tzaddikim, and the chachamim, and their works, are in the yad HaElohim; adam does not have da'as of whether it will be ahavah or sinah; all lies before him.
2 Peter 2:9— Then Hashem knows how to rescue the chasidim from trial and how to preserve the anshei resha (men of wickedness) for punishment for the Yom HaDin,
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 →