Job 4 · Verse 6

Job 4:6

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
Job 4:6, King James Version

Job 4:6 in other translations

BSBIs your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
WEBIsn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?
ASVIs not thy fear of God thy confidence, And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
YLTIs not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope--the perfection of thy ways?
DARBYHath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?
BBEIs not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?
WebsterIs not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

What does Job 4:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, &c.--Does thy fear, thy confidence, come to nothing? Does it come only to this, that thou faintest now? Rather, by transposition, "Is not thy fear (of God) thy hope? and the uprightness of thy ways thy confidence? If so, bethink thee, who ever perished being innocent?" [Umbreit]. But Lu 13:2, 3 shows that, though there is a retributive divine government even in this life, yet we cannot judge by the mere outward appearance. "One event is outwardly to the righteous and to the wicked" (Ec 9:2); but yet we must take it on trust, that God deals righteously even now (Psa 37:25; Is 33:16). Judge not by a part, but by the whole of a godly man's life, and by his end, even here (Jas 5:11). The one and the same outward event is altogether a different thing in its inward bearings on the godly and on the ungodly even here. Even prosperity, much more calamity, is a punishment to the wicked (Pr 1:32). Trials are chastisements for their good (to the righteous) (Psa 119:67, 71, 75). See Preface on the Design of this book (see Introduction).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Is not this thy fear - I think Coverdale hits the true meaning: Where is now thy feare of God, thy stedfastnesse, thy pacience, and the perfectnesse of thy life? If these be genuine, surely there is no cause for all this complaint, vexation, and despair. That this is the meaning, the next words show.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 4:1-6

Satan undertook to prove Job a hypocrite by afflicting him; and his friends concluded him to be one because he was so afflicted, and showed impatience. This we must keep in mind if we would understand what passed. Eliphaz speaks of Job, and his afflicted condition, with tenderness; but charges him with weakness and faint-heartedness. Men make few allowances for those who have taught others. Even pious friends will…

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Job 4:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲלֹ֣אha.Lo'¿ notH3808
יִ֭רְאָתְךָYir.'a.te.kha[is] fear yourH3374
כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָkis.la.Te.khaconfidence yourH3690
תִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tik.va.te.chahope yourH8615
וְתֹ֣םve.Tomand [the] integrity ofH8537
דְּרָכֶֽיךָ\׃de.ra.Khei.khaways yourH1870

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 4:6

  • Proverbs 3:26

    For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

  • Proverbs 14:26

    In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

  • Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

  • Job 17:15

    And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

  • Job 23:11-12

    My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  • Job 13:15

    Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

  • Job 16:17

    Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

  • 1 Peter 1:13

    Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

  • 2 Kings 20:3

    I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

  • Job 29:12-17

    Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. …

  • 1 Peter 1:17

    And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

  • Job 27:5-6

    God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy fear.
1:1,9,10; 2Ki 20:3
thy confidence.
13:15; Pr 3:26; 14:26
thy hope.
17:15; 1Pe 1:13,17
the uprightness.
1:8; 16:17; 23:11,12; 27:5,6; 29:12-17; 31:1-40

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 4:5

    But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

  • Job 4:6

    Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

  • Job 4:7

    Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

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Job 4:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Es este tu temor, tu confianza, tu esperanza, y la perfección de tus caminos?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ta crainte de Dieu n’est-elle pas ta confiance, et l’intégrité de tes voies, ton espérance?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ist nicht deine Gottesfurcht deine Zuversicht, die Vollkommenheit deiner Wege deine Hoffnung?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ubi est timor tuus, fortitudo tua, patientia tua, et perfectio viarum tuarum?