Job 15:1-13

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered [Job] and said,

2“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard] And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?

3Should he rebuke and argue with useless talk? Or with words in which there is no benefit?

4Indeed, you are doing away with fear, And you are diminishing meditation before God.

5For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning.

6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

7“Were you the first man to be born [the original wise man], Or were you created before the hills?

8Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself?

9What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not equally clear to us?

10Among us are both the gray-haired and the aged, Older than your father.

11Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you, [Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?

12Why does your heart carry you away [allowing you to be controlled by emotion]? And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt],

13That you should turn your spirit against God And let such words [as you have spoken] go out of your mouth?