1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2. “Should a wise man reply with empty knowledgeand fill his lungs with the east wind?
3. Should he reason with unprofitable talkor with speeches with which he can do no good?
4. Yes, you cast off reverenceand hinder prayer before God.
5. For your mouth utters your iniquity,and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6. Your own mouth condemns you, and notI;yes, your own lips testify against you.
7. “Are you the first man who was born?Or were you made before the hills?
8. Have you heard the counsel of God?And do you restrict wisdom to yourself?
9. What do you know that we do not know?What do you understand that is not in us?