Job 4:6
Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope — the perfection of thy ways?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
In Context
5But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.
7Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
Cross References
Job 1:1A man there hath been in the land of Uz — Job his name — and that man hath been perfect and upright — both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
Job 13:15Lo, He doth slay me — I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
Job 17:15And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?
Job 27:5Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
Job 31:1A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what — do I attend to a virgin?
Proverbs 3:26For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
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 →