- But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said
- Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire
- You rebuke with words he who is not equal to you, and you speak what is not expedient for you
- to such an extent that, within yourself, you have expelled reverence and have taken away prayers from the presence of God
- For your iniquity has mislead your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers
- Your own mouth will condemn you, not I; and your own lips will answer you
- Are you the first man who was born, or were you formed before the hills
- Have you heard the intentions of God, and will his wisdom be inferior to you
- What do you know, about which we are ignorant? What do you understand that we do not know
- There are with us both aged and ancient men, even more senior than your fathers
- Is it so important that God should console you? But your own depraved words prevent this
- Why does your heart exalt you, and why do you gaze with your eyes, as if thinking great things
- Why does your spirit stir against God, so as to utter such speeches from your mouth
- What is man that he should be immaculate, and that he should appear just, having been born of woman
- Behold, among his holy ones not one is immutable, and even the heavens are not pure in his sight
- How much more abominable and useless is the man who drinks as if from the water of iniquity
- I will reveal to you, so listen to me; and I will explain to you what I have seen
- The wise acknowledge, and they do not leave behind, their fathers
- to whom alone the earth has been given, and no stranger passed among them
- The impious is arrogant for all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain
- The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason
- He does not believe that it is possible for him to be turned from darkness into the light, for he sees around him the sword on every side
- When he moves himself to seek bread, he knows that the day of darkness has been prepared for his hand
- Tribulation will terrify him, and anguish will prevail over him, like a king who is being prepared to go to battle
- For he has extended his hand against God, and he has strengthened himself against the Almighty
- He has rushed against him with his throat exposed, and he has been armed with a fat neck
- Thickness has covered his face, and lard hangs down from his sides
- He has lived in desolate cities and deserted houses, which have been turned into tombs
- He will not be enriched, nor will his basic necessities endure, nor will he establish his root in the earth
- He will not withdraw from the darkness; the flame will burn up his branches, and he will be defeated by the breath of his own mouth
- He will not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he could be redeemed at any price
- Before his time is completed, he will pass into ruin and his hands will wither away
- He will be wounded like a grapevine, when its cluster is in first flower, and like an olive tree that casts off its flower
- For the congregation of the hypocrites is fruitless, and fire will devour the tabernacles of those who love to accept money
- He has conceived sorrow, and he has brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepares deceit