1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2. “Can anyone be of real use to God?Can even a wise person do him good?
3. Does it help the Almighty for you to be good?Does he gain anything if you are innocent?
4. Does God punish you for respecting him?Does he bring you into court for this?
5. No! It is because your evil is without limitsand your sins have no end.
6. You took your brothers’ things for a debt they didn’t owe;you took clothes from people and left them naked.
7. You did not give water to tired people,and you kept food from the hungry.
8. You were a powerful man who owned land;you were honored and lived in the land.