Job 15:1-9 ▼

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

2 “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill his belly with the east wind?

3 Should he argue with a word that cannot be used, Or with speech which is not profitable?

4 Indeed, you annul reverent fear And cut off musing before God.

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

6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips answer against you.

7 “Were you the first man to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills?

8 Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And cut down wisdom only unto yourself?

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