1<\/sup>But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire?<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>You rebuke with words he who is not equal to you, and you speak what is not expedient for you,<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>to such an extent that, within yourself, you have expelled reverence and have taken away prayers from the presence of God.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>For your iniquity has mislead your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Your own mouth will condemn you, not I; and your own lips will answer you.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Are you the first man who was born, or were you formed before the hills?<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Have you heard the intentions of God, and will his wisdom be inferior to you?<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>What do you know, about which we are ignorant? What do you understand that we do not know?<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>There are with us both aged and ancient men, even more senior than your fathers.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Is it so important that God should console you? But your own depraved words prevent this.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Why does your heart exalt you, and why do you gaze with your eyes, as if thinking great things?<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Why does your spirit stir against God, so as to utter such speeches from your mouth?<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>What is man that he should be immaculate, and that he should appear just, having been born of woman?<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Behold, among his holy ones not one is immutable, and even the heavens are not pure in his sight.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>How much more abominable and useless is the man who drinks as if from the water of iniquity?<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>I will reveal to you, so listen to me; and I will explain to you what I have seen.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>The wise acknowledge, and they do not leave behind, their fathers,<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>to whom alone the earth has been given, and no stranger passed among them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>The impious is arrogant for all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>When he moves himself to seek bread, he knows that the day of darkness has been prepared for his hand.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>Tribulation will terrify him, and anguish will prevail over him, like a king who is being prepared to go to battle.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>For he has extended his hand against God, and he has strengthened himself against the Almighty.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>He has rushed against him with his throat exposed, and he has been armed with a fat neck.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>Thickness has covered his face, and lard hangs down from his sides.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>He has lived in desolate cities and deserted houses, which have been turned into tombs.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>He will not be enriched, nor will his basic necessities endure, nor will he establish his root in the earth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>He will not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he could be redeemed at any price.<\/span> <\/p>\n 32<\/sup>Before his time is completed, he will pass into ruin and his hands will wither away.<\/span> <\/p>\n 33<\/sup>He will be wounded like a grapevine, when its cluster is in first flower, and like an olive tree that casts off its flower.<\/span> <\/p>\n 34<\/sup>For the congregation of the hypocrites is fruitless, and fire will devour the tabernacles of those who love to accept money.<\/span> <\/p>\n 35<\/sup>He has conceived sorrow, and he has brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepares deceit.<\/span> <\/p>\n