1. And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2. Can a man be profitable to ·God surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
3. Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4. Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
5. Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
6. For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
7. Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8. But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.