1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded and said:
2. “Does a wise man answer with empty knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
3. Does he argue with useless talk and words that have no value in them?
4. You even do away with reverence and hinder devotion before God.
5. For your iniquity prompts your mouth and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6. Your own mouth condemns you—not I; your own lips testify against you.