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Job 4:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
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Quick Meaning
Job 4:6 closes the thought unit with the words “Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?.” Eliphaz presses the unit's question through “Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?”, a line that belongs to Eliphaz Opens by Turning Job's Counsel Back on Him.
Eliphaz begins by remembering Job as a man who used to strengthen others
This verse is one part of that explanation in Job 4:1–4:6. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Job 4:1–4:6
Read Job 4:6 with 4:1–4:6. Read alone, “Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Eliphaz recalls Job strengthening others, then suggests that Job's present collapse exposes the adequacy of his fear and integrity.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Eliphaz answers Job's lament by turning Job's former counsel against him; the epilogue later refuses to validate the friends' explanatory case. Within that relationship, Job 4:6 closes the thought unit through “Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?.”
Read Job 4:1–6 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 4:1–4:6 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Eliphaz Opens by Turning Job's Counsel Back on Him.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 1. 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Verse 2. 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Verse 3. 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Verse 4. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
Verse 5. 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Verse 6. 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
What Remains True
Eliphaz recalls Job strengthening others, then suggests that Job's present collapse exposes the adequacy of his fear and integrity. Suffering or outward outcome is not evidence enough to diagnose guilt, hidden sin, divine rejection, or another person's moral standing. Job 4:6 carries that bounded truth through “Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?.”
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Job 4:1–4:6 — Eliphaz Opens by Turning Job's Counsel Back on HimSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 4:1–4:6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 4:1–4:6
Open the fixed Hebrew Job file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Job
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Job's difficult Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, textual issues, speech boundaries, and alternatives in Job 4:1–4:6.
Exact location: Official NET Job PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Job 4:1–4:6
Open the official NET Job PDF ↗