- 1. And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --
- 2. Doth a wise man answer `with' vain knowledge? And fill `with' an east wind his belly?
- 3. To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?
- 4. Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
- 5. For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
- 6. Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
- 7. The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
- 8. Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
- 9. What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with us?
- 10. Both the gray-headed And the very aged `are' among us -- Greater than thy father `in' days.
- 11. Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word `is' with thee,
- 12. What -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high?
- 13. For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:
- 14. What `is' man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
- 15. Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
- 16. Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
- 17. I shew thee -- hearken to me -- And this I have seen and declare:
- 18. Which the wise declare -- And have not hid -- from their fathers.
- 19. To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
- 20. `All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
- 21. A fearful voice `is' in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
- 22. He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched `is' he for the sword.
- 23. He is wandering for bread -- `Where `is' it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
- 24. Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
- 25. For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.
- 26. He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
- 27. For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over `his' confidence.
- 28. And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
- 29. He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
- 30. He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
- 31. Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
- 32. Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
- 33. He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
- 34. For the company of the profane `is' gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
- 35. To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.
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