1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2. “Can a man be profitable to God,Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
3. Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?
4. “Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,And enters into judgment with you?
5. Is not your wickedness great,And your iniquity without end?
6. For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason,And stripped the naked of their clothing.