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He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid {it}:

A dreadful sound {is} in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. {A dreadful...: Heb. A sound of fears}

Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

{Art} thou the first man {that} was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

What knowest thou, that we know not? {what} understandest thou, which {is} not in us?

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

With us {are} both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. {vanity: or, iniquity}

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? {vain...: Heb. knowledge of wind}

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. {castest...: Heb. makest void} {prayer: or, speech}

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, {and} in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

The wicked man travaileth with pain all {his} days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

How much more abominable and filthy {is} man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest {such} words go out of thy mouth?

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

For the congregation of hypocrites {shall be} desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

He runneth upon him, {even} on {his} neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

{Are} the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on {his} flanks.

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

He wandereth abroad for bread, {saying}, Where {is it}? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

I will shew thee, hear me; and that {which} I have seen I will declare;

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. {uttereth: Heb. teacheth}

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. {accomplished: or, cut off}

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.