1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

<>east wind

3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

<>unprofitable talk

4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

<>thou castest off fear, <>restrainest prayer

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.

<>Thine own mouth condemneth thee

7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

<>Art thou the first man that was born?, <>was born, <>wast thou made before the hills?

8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

<>Hast thou heard the secret of God?

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.

<>very aged

11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

<>is there any secret thing with thee?

12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

<>Why doth thine heart carry thee away?, <>what do thy eyes wink at

13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

<>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?

<>v. 14

15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

<>he putteth no trust in his saints

16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

<>filthy, <>drinketh iniquity like water

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

<>that which I have seen I will declare

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

<>vv. 18-19

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

<>vv. 18-19, <>stranger

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

<>vv. 20,23, <>the number of years is hidden to the oppressor, <>the number of years is hidden

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

<>in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him, <>prosperity

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

<>He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, <>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.

<>vv. 20,23, <>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.

<>he stretcheth out his hand against God

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.

<>cities, <>inhabiteth

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

<>He shall not be rich, <>neither shall his substance continue, <>his substance

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.

<>He shall not depart out of darkness, <>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.

<>It shall be accomplished before his time, <>his time, <>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.

<>He shall shake off his unripe grape, <>He … shall cast off his flower

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

<>congregation, <>fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery, <>fire shall consume

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

<>They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity