1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2. “A wise man wouldn’t answer with such empty talk!You are nothing but a windbag.
3. The wise don’t engage in empty chatter.What good are such words?
4. Have you no fear of God,no reverence for him?
5. Your sins are telling your mouth what to say.Your words are based on clever deception.
6. Your own mouth condemns you, not I.Your own lips testify against you.
7. “Were you the first person ever born?Were you born before the hills were made?
8. Were you listening at God’s secret council?Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
9. What do you know that we don’t?What do you understand that we do not?
10. On our side are aged, gray-haired menmuch older than your father!
11. “Is God’s comfort too little for you?Is his gentle word not enough?