| 1 | And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said: |
| 2 | Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat? |
| 3 | Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee. |
| 4 | As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God. |
| 5 | For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers. |
| 6 | Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee. |
| 7 | Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills? |
| 8 | Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee? |
| 9 | What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not? |
| 10 | There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers. |
| 11 | Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this. |
| 12 | Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things? |
| 13 | Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth? |
| 14 | What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just? |
| 15 | Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight. |
| 16 | How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water? |
| 17 | I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen. |
| 18 | Wise men confess and hide not their fathers. |
| 19 | To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them. |
| 20 | The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain. |
| 21 | The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason. |
| 22 | He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side. |
| 23 | When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. |
| 24 | Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle. |
| 25 | For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty. |
| 26 | He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck. |
| 27 | Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides. |
| 28 | He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps. |
| 29 | He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth. |
| 30 | He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month. |
| 31 | He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price. |
| 32 | Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away. |
| 33 | He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower. |
| 34 | For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes. |
| 35 | He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits. |
