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?

¹⁷ I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

¹⁸ Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

¹⁹ Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

²⁰ The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

²¹ A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

²² He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

²³ He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

²⁴ Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

²⁵ For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

²⁶ He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

²⁷ Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

²⁸ And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

²⁹ He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

³⁰ He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

³¹ Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

³² It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

³³ He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

³⁴ For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

³⁵ They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

¹ "Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.

² Hear, oh, Hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth.

³ He sends it forth under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.

⁴ After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.

⁵ God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can't comprehend.

⁶ For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

⁷ He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know it.

⁸ Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.

⁹ Out of its room comes the storm, and cold out of the north.

¹⁰ By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.

¹¹ Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

¹² It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,

¹³ Whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.

¹⁴ "Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

¹⁵ Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

¹⁶ Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

¹⁷ You whose clothing is warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?

¹⁸ Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

¹⁹ Teach us what we shall tell him, for we can't make our case by reason of darkness.

²⁰ Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

²¹ Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

²² Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.

²³ We can't reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

²⁴ Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."