1. Eliphaz answered:
2. Will the wise respond with windy knowledgeand fill their belly with the east wind?
3. Will they argue with a word that has no benefitand with unprofitable words?
4. You are truly making religion ineffectiveand restraining meditation before God.
5. Your mouth multiplies your sins a thousand times;you opt for a clever tongue.
6. Your mouth condemns you, not I;your lips argue against you.