Job 15:1-13

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind?

3Should he argue with useless talk or with words that serve no good purpose?

4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before him.

5Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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

7Were you the first human ever born, or were you brought forth before the hills?

8Do you listen in on the council of God, or have a monopoly on wisdom?

9What do you know that we don’t? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

10Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us— older than your father.

11Are God’s consolations not enough for you, even the words that deal gently with you?

12Why has your heart misled you, and why do your eyes flash

13as you turn your anger against God and allow such words to leave your mouth?