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1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2“Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

2"Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?

3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good?

3Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?

4Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God.

4But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.

5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

5Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.

6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

6Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.

7“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the hills?

7"Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

8Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

8Do you listen in on God's council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

9What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not in us?

9What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?

10Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Much older than your father.

10The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.

11Are the consolations of God too small for you, And the word spoken gently with you?

11Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?

12Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at,

12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

13That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth?

13so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?

14“What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

14"What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?

15If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight,

15If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

16How much less man, who is abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity like water!

16how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!

17“I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare,

17"Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,

18What wise men have told, Not hiding anything received from their fathers,

18what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors

19To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them:

19(to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them):

20The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.

20All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.

21Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.

21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.

22He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him.

22He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword.

23He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.

23He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

24Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.

24Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,

25For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty,

25because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

26Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield.

26defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.

27“Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat,

27"Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,

28He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins.

28he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.

29He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.

29He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

30He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

30He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.

31Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward.

31Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.

32It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green.

32Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish.

33He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.

33He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.

34For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.

34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

35They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit.”

35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit."

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