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Job 4:6

NETBible	Is not your piety¹ your confidence,² and your blameless ways your hope?³
NIV © biblegateway Job 4:6	Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
NASB © biblegateway Job 4:6	"Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?
NLT © biblegateway Job 4:6	Does your reverence for God give you no confidence? Shouldn’t you believe that God will care for those who are upright?
MSG © biblegateway Job 4:6	But shouldn't your devout life give you confidence now? Shouldn't your exemplary life give you hope?
BBE © SABDAweb Job 4:6	Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 4:6	Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?
NKJV © biblegateway Job 4:6	Is not your reverence your confidence? And the integrity of your ways your hope?
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KJV	[Is] not [this] thy fear <03374>_, thy confidence <03690>_, thy hope <08615>_, and the uprightness <08537> of thy ways <01870>_?
NASB © biblegateway Job 4:6	"Is not your fear <03374> of God your confidence <03690> , And the integrity <08537> of your ways <01870> your hope <08615> ?
LXXM	poteron <4220> ADV ouc <3364> ADV o <3588> T-NSM fobov <5401> N-NSM sou <4771> P-GS estin <1510> V-PAI-3S en <1722> PREP afrosunh <877> N-DSF kai <2532> CONJ h <3588> T-NSF elpiv <1680> N-NSF sou <4771> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ h <3588> T-NSF akakia {N-NSF} thv <3588> T-GSF odou <3598> N-GSF sou <4771> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	Is not <03808> your piety <03373> your confidence <03690> , and your blameless <08537> ways <01870> your hope <08615> ?
HEBREW	Kykrd <01870> Mtw <08537> Ktwqt <08615> Ktlok <03690> Ktary <03373> alh (4:6) <03808>

NETBible

Is not your piety¹ your confidence,² and your blameless ways your hope?³

NET Notes

¹tn The word יִרְאָה (yir’ah, “fear”) in this passage refers to Job’s fear of the Lord, his reverential devotion to God. H. H. Rowley (Job [NCBC], 46) says that on the lips of Eliphaz the word almost means “your religion.” He refers to Moffatt’s translation, “Let your religion reassure you.”

²tn The word כִּסְלָתֶךָ (kislatekha, “your confidence”) is rendered in the LXX by “founded in folly.” The word כֶּסֶל (kesel) is “confidence” (see 8:14) and elsewhere “folly.” Since it is parallel to “your hope” it must mean confidence here.

³tn This second half of the verse simply has “your hope and the integrity of your ways.” The expression “the perfection of your ways” is parallel to “your fear,” and “your hope” is parallel to “your confidence.” This sentence is an example of casus pendens or extraposition: “as for your hope, it is the integrity of your ways” (see GKC 458 §143.d).

³sn Eliphaz is not being sarcastic to Job. He knows that Job is a God-fearing man who lives out his faith in life. But he also knows that Job should apply to himself the same things he tells others.