1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2. Does a wise man answer with windy opinions,or puff himself up with the east wind?
3. Does he argue in speech that does not avail,and in words that are to no profit?
4. You in fact do away with piety,you lessen devotion toward God,
5. Because your wickedness instructs your mouth,and you choose to speak like the crafty.
6. Your own mouth condemns you, not I;your own lips refute you.
7. Were you the first to be born?Were you brought forth before the hills?
8. Do you listen in on God’s counciland restrict wisdom to yourself?
9. What do you know that we do not know,or understand that we do not?
10. There are gray-haired old men among us,more advanced in years than your father.
11. Are the consolations of God not enough for you,and speech that deals gently with you?
12. Why does your heart carry you away,and why do your eyes flash,