1. But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:
2. Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire?
3. You rebuke with words he who is not equal to you, and you speak what is not expedient for you,
4. to such an extent that, within yourself, you have expelled reverence and have taken away prayers from the presence of God.
5. For your iniquity has mislead your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers.
6. Your own mouth will condemn you, not I; and your own lips will answer you.
7. Are you the first man who was born, or were you formed before the hills?
8. Have you heard the intentions of God, and will his wisdom be inferior to you?
9. What do you know, about which we are ignorant? What do you understand that we do not know?
10. There are with us both aged and ancient men, even more senior than your fathers.
11. Is it so important that God should console you? But your own depraved words prevent this.
12. Why does your heart exalt you, and why do you gaze with your eyes, as if thinking great things?
13. Why does your spirit stir against God, so as to utter such speeches from your mouth?
14. What is man that he should be immaculate, and that he should appear just, having been born of woman?