Then answered{H6030}{(H8799)} Eliphaz{H464} the Temanite{H8489}, and said{H559}{(H8799)},

Should a wise man{H2450} utter{H6030}{(H8799)} vain{H7307} knowledge{H1847}, and fill{H4390}{(H8762)} his belly{H990} with the east wind{H6921}?

Should he reason{H3198}{(H8687)} with unprofitable{H5532}{(H8799)} talk{H1697}? or with speeches{H4405} wherewith he can do no good{H3276}{(H8686)}?

Yea, thou castest off{H6565}{(H8686)} fear{H3374}, and restrainest{H1639}{(H8799)} prayer{H7881} before{H6440} God{H410}.

For thy mouth{H6310} uttereth{H502}{(H8762)} thine iniquity{H5771}, and thou choosest{H977}{(H8799)} the tongue{H3956} of the crafty{H6175}.

Thine own mouth{H6310} condemneth{H7561}{(H8686)} thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips{H8193} testify{H6030}{(H8799)} against thee.

Art thou the first{H7223}{(H8675)}{H7223} man{H120} that was born{H3205}{(H8735)}? or wast thou made{H2342}{(H8797)} before{H6440} the hills{H1389}?

Hast thou heard{H8085}{(H8799)} the secret{H5475} of God{H433}? and dost thou restrain{H1639}{(H8799)} wisdom{H2451} to thyself?

What knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} thou, that we know{H3045}{(H8799)} not? what understandest{H995}{(H8799)} thou, which is not in us?

With us are both the grayheaded{H7867}{(H8802)} and very aged{H3453} men, much{H3524} elder{H3117} than thy father{H1}.

Are the consolations{H8575} of God{H410} small{H4592} with thee? is there any secret{H328} thing{H1697} with thee?

Why doth thine heart{H3820} carry thee away{H3947}{(H8799)}? and what do thy eyes{H5869} wink at{H7335}{(H8799)},

That thou turnest{H7725}{(H8686)} thy spirit{H7307} against God{H410}, and lettest such words{H4405} go out{H3318}{(H8689)} of thy mouth{H6310}?

What is man{H582}, that he should be clean{H2135}{(H8799)}? and he which is born{H3205}{(H8803)} of a woman{H802}, that he should be righteous{H6663}{(H8799)}?

Behold, he putteth no trust{H539}{(H8686)} in his saints{H6918}; yea, the heavens{H8064} are not clean{H2141}{(H8804)} in his sight{H5869}.

How much more abominable{H8581}{(H8737)} and filthy{H444}{(H8737)} is man{H376}, which drinketh{H8354}{(H8802)} iniquity{H5766}{(H8675)}{H5766} like water{H4325}?

I will shew{H2331}{(H8762)} thee, hear{H8085}{(H8798)} me; and that which I have seen{H2372}{(H8804)} I will declare{H5608}{(H8762)};

Which wise{H2450} men have told{H5046}{(H8686)} from their fathers{H1}, and have not hid{H3582}{(H8765)} it:

Unto whom alone the earth{H776} was given{H5414}{(H8738)}, and no stranger{H2114}{(H8801)} passed{H5674}{(H8804)} among{H8432} them.

The wicked{H7563} man travaileth{H2342}{(H8711)} with pain all his days{H3117}, and the number{H4557} of years{H8141} is hidden{H6845}{(H8738)} to the oppressor{H6184}.

A dreadful{H6343} sound{H6963} is in his ears{H241}: in prosperity{H7965} the destroyer{H7703}{(H8802)} shall come{H935}{(H8799)} upon him.

He believeth{H539}{(H8686)} not that he shall return{H7725}{(H8800)} out of darkness{H2822}, and he is waited{H6822}{(H8803)} for of the sword{H2719}.

He wandereth abroad{H5074}{(H8802)} for bread{H3899}, saying, Where is it? he knoweth{H3045}{(H8804)} that the day{H3117} of darkness{H2822} is ready{H3559}{(H8737)} at his hand{H3027}.

Trouble{H6862} and anguish{H4691} shall make him afraid{H1204}{(H8762)}; they shall prevail{H8630}{(H8799)} against him, as a king{H4428} ready{H6264} to the battle{H3593}.

For he stretcheth out{H5186}{(H8804)} his hand{H3027} against God{H410}, and strengtheneth{H1396}{(H8691)} himself against the Almighty{H7706}.

He runneth{H7323}{(H8799)} upon him, even on his neck{H6677}, upon the thick{H5672} bosses{H1354} of his bucklers{H4043}:

Because he covereth{H3680}{(H8765)} his face{H6440} with his fatness{H2459}, and maketh{H6213}{(H8799)} collops of fat{H6371} on his flanks{H3689}.

And he dwelleth{H7931}{(H8799)} in desolate{H3582}{(H8737)} cities{H5892}, and in houses{H1004} which no man inhabiteth{H3427}{(H8799)}, which are ready{H6257}{(H8694)} to become heaps{H1530}.

He shall not be rich{H6238}{(H8799)}, neither shall his substance{H2428} continue{H6965}{(H8799)}, neither shall he prolong{H5186}{(H8799)} the perfection{H4512} thereof upon the earth{H776}.

He shall not depart{H5493}{(H8799)} out of darkness{H2822}; the flame{H7957} shall dry up{H3001}{(H8762)} his branches{H3127}, and by the breath{H7307} of his mouth{H6310} shall he go away{H5493}{(H8799)}.

Let not him that is deceived{H8582}{(H8738)} trust{H539}{(H8686)} in vanity{H7723}: for vanity{H7723} shall be his recompence{H8545}.

It shall be accomplished{H4390}{(H8735)} before{H3808} his time{H3117}, and his branch{H3712} shall not be green{H7488}.

He shall shake off{H2554}{(H8799)} his unripe grape{H1154} as the vine{H1612}, and shall cast off{H7993}{(H8686)} his flower{H5328} as the olive{H2132}.

For the congregation{H5712} of hypocrites{H2611} shall be desolate{H1565}, and fire{H784} shall consume{H398}{(H8804)} the tabernacles{H168} of bribery{H7810}.

They conceive{H2029}{(H8800)} mischief{H5999}, and bring forth{H3205}{(H8800)} vanity{H205}, and their belly{H990} prepareth{H3559}{(H8686)} deceit{H4820}.