Job 15:1-9 ▼

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered [Job] and said,

2 “Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard] And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?

3 “Should he rebuke and argue with useless talk? Or with words in which there is no benefit?

4 “Indeed, you are doing away with fear, And you are diminishing meditation before God.

5 “For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning.

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

7 “Were you the first man to be born [the original wise man], Or were you created before the hills?

8 “Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself?

9 “What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not equally clear to us?