1. Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2. Can a man be profitable unto God? surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
3. Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4. Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, that he entereth with thee into judgment?
5. Is not thy wickedness great? neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
6. For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7. Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8. But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man, he dwelt in it.
9. Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.