1. Then Eliphaz of Teman answered and said,
2. Can a gever be profitable unto El, as he that has seichel may be profitable unto himself?
3. Is it any pleasure to Shaddai, that thou art tzaddik? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?
4. Is it for thy yireh [Elohim] that He reproves thee? Will He enter with thee into mishpat?
5. Is not thy rah great? And thine avonot infinite?
6. For thou hast exacted a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the arummim (naked ones) of their clothing.
7. Thou hast not given mayim to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld lechem from the hungry.
8. But as for the ish zeroa (mighty man), his is ha'aretz; and the honorable man dwelt therein.
9. Thou hast sent almanot away empty, and the arms of the yetomim have been broken.
10. Therefore pachim (snares) are around thee, and sudden pachad troubleth thee;