What events and attributed statements does Job Chapter 4 record?

Eliphaz the Themanite replied to Job, asking whether Job could bear their speaking to him, noting that it was impossible to withhold speech when confronted with such despair. Eliphaz acknowledged that in former times Job had instructed many, strengthening weary hands, encouraging the stumbling, and fortifying trembling knees. Yet now that affliction had fallen upon Job personally, he seemed faint and deeply troubled. Eliphaz challenged Job to remember his former reverence, steadfast courage, patience, and the blameless integrity of his conduct.

Eliphaz asked about the innocent and described his observations, asking Job to recall whether an innocent person had ever perished or when the righteous had ever been destroyed. Drawing from his own observations, Eliphaz insisted that those who plow iniquity and sow sorrow reap the very suffering they cultivate, perishing before the breath of God's judgment and consumed by the blast of His wrath. He compared the images of fierce animals—lions and tigers whose roars are silenced, whose teeth are shattered, and whose offspring are scattered when their prey is removed.

Eliphaz then recounted a private nocturnal revelation delivered while men lay in deep slumber. Gripped by dread that made his bones tremble and his hair stand on end, he perceived an unrecognized spirit whose image stood before him, speaking in a whisper like a gentle wind. A traditional annotation identifies this voice as that of an angel. The voice asked whether a man can be justified in comparison with God or be more pure than his Maker. If God finds instability even among heavenly servants and charges His angels with wickedness, the voice asks how much more those dwelling in houses of clay with an earthly foundation shall be consumed as with the moth. It says they will be cut down from morning to evening, perish forever because no one understands, and die without wisdom.