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Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

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

Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

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

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?

Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;

Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

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

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

Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

He runneth upon him with a `stiff' neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of `God's' mouth shall he go away.

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):

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

Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

He runneth upon him with a `stiff' neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

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

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

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

Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

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

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

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

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of `God's' mouth shall he go away.

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of `God's' mouth shall he go away.

For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?

That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

He runneth upon him with a `stiff' neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

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

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

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

Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?