1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answer-ed, and said,

2 Whether a wise man shall answer, as speaking against the wind, and shall fill his stomach with burning, that is ire?

3 For thou reprovest him by words, which is not like thee, and thou speakest that, that speedeth not to thee.

4 As much as is in thee, thou hast avoided dread; and thou hast taken away thy prayers before God.

5 For [thy] wickedness hath taught thy mouth, and thou pursuest [or followest] the tongue of blasphemers.

6 Thy tongue [or Thy mouth], and not I, shall condemn thee, and thy lips shall answer thee.

7 Whether thou art born the first man, and whether thou art formed before little hills?

8 Whether thou hast heard the counsel of God, and whether his wisdom is lower than thou?

9 What thing knowest thou, which we know not? What thing under-standest thou, which we know not?

10 Both wise men and eld, much elder than thy fathers, be among us.

11 Whether it is great, that God comfort thee? But thy shrewd words forbid this.

12 What raiseth thine heart thee, and thou as thinking great things hast eyes astonied?

13 What swelleth thy spirit against God, that thou bring forth of thy mouth such words?

14 What is a man, that he be without wem, and that he, born of a woman, appear just [or rightwise]?

15 Lo! none among his saints is unchangeable, and heavens be not clean in his sight.

16 How much more is a man abominable and unprofitable, that drinketh wickedness as water?

17 I shall show to thee, hear thou me; I shall tell to thee that, that I saw.

18 Wise men acknowledge, and hide not their fathers.

19 To which wise men alone the earth is given, and an alien shall not pass by them.

20 A wicked man is proud in all his days; and the number of his years and of his tyranny is uncertain.

21 The sound of dread is ever[more] in his ears, and when peace is, he supposeth ever[more] treasons.

22 He believeth not that he may turn again from darknesses to light; and he beholdeth about on each side for a sword.

23 When he stirreth him[self] to seek bread, he knoweth, that the day of darknesses is made ready in his hand.

24 Tribulation shall make him afeared, and anguish shall encompass him, as a king which is made ready to battle.

25 For he held forth his hand against God, and he was made strong against Almighty God.

26 He ran with his neck raised up against God, and he was armed with a fat noll.

27 Fatness, that is, pride of temporal abundance, covered his face, or understanding, and outward fatness, that is, unshamefastness, hangeth down of his sides. [Fatness covered his face, and of his sides grease hangeth.]

28 He shall dwell in desolate cities, and in deserted houses, that be turned into burials.

29 He shall not be made rich, neither his chattel shall dwell steadfastly; neither he shall send his root into the earth,

30 neither he shall go away from darknesses. Flame shall make dry his branches, and he shall be taken away by the spirit of his mouth.

31 Believe he not vainly which is deceived by error, that he shall be again-bought by any price.

32 Before that his days be [ful] filled, he shall perish, and his hands shall wax dry;

33 he shall be hurt as a vine in the first flower of his grape, and as an olive tree casting away his flower.

34 For the gathering together of an hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour the tabernacles of them, that take gifts willfully.

35 He conceived sorrow, and childed wickedness, and his womb maketh ready treacheries.