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1Then Eliphaz from Teman responded:

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2"Should a wise person respond with knowledge based on wind? Should he fill his stomach with a wind storm from the east?

2“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

3Should he engage in unprofitable argument, or give a speech that benefits no one?

3Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?

4Yet you dispense with fear of God and hinder meditations before God.

4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

5Because your sin dictates your speech, you have chosen the language of the crafty.

5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

6Your own mouth is condemning you, not I; your own lips will testify against you."

6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

7"Were you the first person to be born? Were you brought forth before the hills were made?

7Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

8Have you listened in on God's secret council? Have you limited wisdom only to yourself?

8Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

9What do you know that we don't know, or that you understand and that isn't clear to us?

9What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

10"We have both the gray-haired and the aged with us, and they are far older than your father.

10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.

11Are God's encouragements inconsequential to you, even a word that has been spoken gently to you?

11Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?

12Why have your emotions carried you away? And why do your eyes flash

12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

13that you turn your anger against God and speak words like this?

13as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?

14"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?

14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

15Look, if God doesn't trust his holy ones, if even the heavens aren't pure as he looks at them,

15If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

16then how much less is one who is abhorred and corrupted, such as a man who drinks injustice like water?"

16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

17"I'll tell you what, listen to me! Let me relate what I've seen,

17Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,

18which is what wise men have explained, who didn't withhold anything from their ancestors.

18what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,

19To them alone was the land given, when no invader passed through their midst.

19to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

20"The wicked person writhes in pain throughout his life, a number of years has been reserved for the ruthless.

20A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

21Terrifying sounds ring in his ears; when times are prosperous, the Destroyer will attack him.

21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

22He does not believe he will escape darkness; he is destined for the sword.

22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

23He wanders around for food—where is it? He knows that a time of darkness is near.

23He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

24Distress and pressure terrify him; they overwhelm him, like a king poised for attack.

24Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

25"For he has raised his fist against God, defying the Almighty.

25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

26He defiantly ran against him carrying his thick, reinforced shield.

26rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

27Though he covered his face with fat, and is grossly overweight at the waist,

27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

28He will live in devastated towns, in abandoned houses that are about to become heaps of rubble.

28he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

29"He won't become rich and his wealth won't last; he won't expand his holdings to cover the land.

29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

30He won't escape darkness; a flame will wither his shoots; and he'll depart by the breath of God's mouth.

30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

31Let him not trust in a worthless speech. He leads only himself astray, for emptiness will be his reward.

31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

32This will be accomplished before his time; his branches won't grow luxuriant.

32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

33"He is like a vine that drops its unripe grapes; like an olive tree that loses its blossoms.

33He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

34For the company of the godless is desolation, and fire consumes the tents of those who bribe.

34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

35For they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity; their womb is pregnant with deception."

35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

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