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1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded, Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? “Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
3 “Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which do not benefit? Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good? Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
4 “Indeed, you do away with reverence, And hinder meditation before God. But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God. But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
5 “For your wrongdoing teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the cunning. For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
6 “Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you. Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you. Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
7 “Were you the first person to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills? “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills? “Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
8 “Do you hear the secret discussion of God, And limit wisdom to yourself? Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself? Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
9 “What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not? What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us? What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
10 “Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father. Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father. The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
11 “Are the consolations of God too little for you, Or the word spoken gently to you? Are the comforts of God too small for you, or the word that deals gently with you? Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
12 “Why does your heart take you away? And why do your eyes wink, Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash, Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
13 That you can turn your spirit against God And produce such words from your mouth? that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth? so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
14 “What is man, that he would be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he would be righteous? What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous? “What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
15 “Behold, He has no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight; Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight; If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
16 How much less one who is detestable and corrupt: A person who drinks malice like water! how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks injustice like water! how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!
17 “I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare; “I will show you; hear me, and what I have seen I will declare “Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
18 What wise people have told, And have not concealed from their fathers, (what wise men have told, without hiding it from their fathers, what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors
19 To whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them. to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them). (to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them):
20 “The wicked person writhes in pain all his days, And the years reserved for the ruthless are numbered. The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless. All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.
21 “Sounds of terror are in his ears; While he is at peace the destroyer comes upon him. Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him. Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
22 “He does not believe that he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword. He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is marked for the sword. He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword.
23 “He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is at hand. He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand; He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
24 “Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack, distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle. Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
25 Because he has reached out with his hand against God, And is arrogant toward the Almighty. Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty, because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
26 “He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield. running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield; defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
27 “For he has covered his face with his fat, And put fat on his waist. because he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his waist “Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
28 “He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins. and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, which were ready to become heaps of ruins; he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
29 “He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his property will not stretch out on the earth. he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the earth; He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
30 “He will not escape from darkness; The flame will dry up his shoot, And he will go away by the breath of His mouth. he will not depart from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and by the breath of his mouth he will depart. He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
31 “Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For his reward will be emptiness. Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment. Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
32 “It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green. It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green. Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish.
33 “He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree. He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine, and cast off his blossom like the olive tree. He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
34 “For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt. For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery. For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
35 “They conceive harm and give birth to wrongdoing, And their mind prepares deception.” They conceive trouble and give birth to evil, and their womb prepares deceit.” They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”
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