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