1Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: 2Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man? 3Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit? 4But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD. 5For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty. 6Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee. 7The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth? 8In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom? 9What knowest thou, that we know not? understandest thou, and the same, is not with us? 10Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days! 11Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee? 12How doth thine own heart carry thee away, and how thine eyes do roll! 13For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forthout of thy mouthwords! 14What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman? 15Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes: 16How much less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh inlike waterperversity. 17I will tell theehear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it. 18Which, wise men, tell, and deny not from their fathers. 19To them alone, was the earth given, and no alien passed through their midst: 20All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant; 21A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him; 22He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword; 23A wanderer, he, for bread, ? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness; 24Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset: 25Because he had stretched outagainst GODhis hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly; 26He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers; 27For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins; 28And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps. 29He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth; 30He shall not depart out of darkness, his young branch, shall the flame dry up, and he shall depart, by the breath of his own mouth! 31Let no one trust in him thatby vanityis deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense; 32Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm-top, not covered with leaves; 33He shall wronglike a vinehis sour grapes, and shall cast offas an olive-treehis blossom. 34For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery; 35Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.