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1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

1Then Eliphaz from Teman responded:

2“Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

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

3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good?

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

4Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God.

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

5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

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

6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

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

7“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the hills?

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

8Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

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

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

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

10Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Much older than your father.

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

11Are the consolations of God too small for you, And the word spoken gently with you?

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

12Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at,

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

13That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth?

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

14“What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

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

15If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight,

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

16How much less man, who is abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity like water!

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

17“I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare,

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

18What wise men have told, Not hiding anything received from their fathers,

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

19To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them:

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

20The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.

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

21Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.

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

22He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him.

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

23He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.

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

24Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.

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

25For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty,

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

26Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield.

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

27“Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat,

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

28He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins.

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

29He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.

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

30He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

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

31Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward.

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

32It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green.

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

33He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.

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

34For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.

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

35They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit.”

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

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