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 in unprofitable talk,or in words with which he can do no good?
4. But you are doing away with the fear of Godand hindering meditation 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; your own lips testify against you.