1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, |
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? |
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? |
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. |
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. |
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. |
7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? |
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? |
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? |
10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. |
11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? |
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, |
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? |
14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? |
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. |
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? |
