And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Will a wise man answer with windy knowledge,{HR}And fill his belly with the east wind,
Arguing with speech that availeth not,{HR}And with words in which is no profit?
Yea, thou makest void the fear of God,{HR}And diminishest devotion before God.
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth,{HR}And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty;
Thy mouth condemneth thee, and not I,{HR}And thine own lips testify against thee.
[Wast] thou born the first man,{HR}And wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Didst thou listen in the councils of God,{HR}And dost thou reserve wisdom to thyself?
What knowest thou that we know not?{HR}[What] understandest thou that [is] not with us?
Also among us[is] the hoary, and the aged,{HR}Richer in days than thy father.
[Are] the consolations of God too small for thee,{HR}And a word in gentleness with thee?
Why doth thine heart carry thee away,{HR}And why do thine eyes wink,
That thou turnest thy spirit against God,{HR}And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
What [is] man that he should be clean,{HR}And one born of woman that he should be righteous?
Behold, in his holy ones he trusteth not,{HR}And the heavens are not clean in his eyes;
How much less the abominable and corrupt,{HR}Man, that drinketh iniquity like water.
I will show thee: hear me;{HR}And what I have seen I will relate,
Which wise men have declared{HR}And have not hid, from their fathers,
To whom alone the land was given,{HR}And through the midst of whom no stranger passed.
All the days of the wicked he is in torment,{HR}And the number of years is laid up for the oppressor.
The voice of terrors [is] in his ears;{HR}In peace the destroyer falleth on him.
He despaireth of returning from the darkness,{HR}And he is marked out for the sword.
He wandereth for bread: where [is it]?{HR}He knoweth that ready at his hand is a day of darkness.
Trouble and anguish make him afraid,{HR}They overpower him, as a king ready for the onset.
For against God he stretched out his hand,{HR}And against the Almighty played the hero,
Ran against him with neck (proudly),{HR}With the thick bosses of his shields.
For he covereth his face with his fatness,{HR}And gathereth fat on [his] loins:
And he inhabiteth desolate cities,{HR}Houses that no man dwelleth in,{HR}Which are destined for heaps.
He becometh not rich, and his wealth endureth not,{HR}Nor doth his substance extend in the earth.
He escapeth not from darkness:{HR}A flame withereth his shoots,{HR}And he passeth away by the breath of his mouth.
Let him not trust in vanity; he is deceived;{HR}For vanity shall be his recompense;
Before his day it is fulfilled,{HR}And his branch is not green;
He shaketh off like a vine his grapes,{HR}And casteth down like an olive his blossoms.
For the company of the polluted [is] barrenness,{HR}And fire devoureth the tents of bribery;
They conceive misery, and bring forth vanity,{HR}And their womb prepareth deceit.