1. Then Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered, and said,
2. Should a wise man utter vain knowledge and fill his belly with the east wind?
3. Should he dispute with useless words and with reasons that are not profitable?
4. Thou dost also cast off fear and undermine prayer before God.
5. For thy mouth has declared thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
6. Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I; thine own lips shall testify against thee.
7. Wast thou born before Adam? Or wast thou formed before the hills?
8. Hast thou heard the secret of God, that thou dost detain wisdom in thee alone?
9. What dost thou know that we do not? What dost thou understand, which is not in us?
10. Among us are also gray hairs; there are also aged men, much elder than thy father.
11. Are the consolations of God in such small esteem with thee? Is there by chance any secret thing concerning thee?