1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2. “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge, and should he fill his stomach with the east wind?
3. Should he argue in talk that is not profitable or in words with which he cannot do good?
4. “What is worse, you yourself are doing away with fear, and you are lessening meditation before God.
5. For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6. Your mouth condemns you, and not I; and your lips testify against you.