Job 15:1-9 ▼

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2 Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind?

3 Should he argue with useless talk or with words that serve no good purpose?

4 But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before him.

5 Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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

7 Were you the first human ever born, or were you brought forth before the hills?

8 Do you listen in on the council of God, or have a monopoly on wisdom?

9 What do you know that we don’t? What do you understand that is not clear to us?