¹ H6030 Then answered [H8799]   H464 Eliphaz H8489 the Temanite H559 , and said [H8799]  ,

² H2450 Should a wise man H6030 utter [H8799]   H7307 vain H1847 knowledge H4390 , and fill [H8762]   H990 his belly H6921 with the east wind?

³ H3198 Should he reason [H8687]   H5532 with unprofitable [H8799]   H1697 talk H4405 ? or with speeches H3276 wherewith he can do no good [H8686]  ?

⁴ H6565 Yea, thou castest off [H8686]   H3374 fear H1639 , and restrainest [H8799]   H7881 prayer H6440 before H410 God.

⁵ H6310 For thy mouth H502 uttereth [H8762]   H5771 thine iniquity H977 , and thou choosest [H8799]   H3956 the tongue H6175 of the crafty.

⁶ H6310 Thine own mouth H7561 condemneth [H8686]   H8193 thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips H6030 testify [H8799]   against thee.

⁷ H7223 Art thou the first [H8675]   H7223   H120 man H3205 that was born [H8735]   H2342 ? or wast thou made [H8797]   H6440 before H1389 the hills?

⁸ H8085 Hast thou heard [H8799]   H5475 the secret H433 of God H1639 ? and dost thou restrain [H8799]   H2451 wisdom to thyself?

⁹ H3045 What knowest [H8804]   H3045 thou, that we know [H8799]   H995 not? what understandest [H8799]   thou, which is not in us?

¹⁰ H7867 With us are both the grayheaded [H8802]   H3453 and very aged H3524 men, much H3117 elder H1 than thy father.

¹¹ H8575 Are the consolations H410 of God H4592 small H328 with thee? is there any secret H1697 thing with thee?

¹² H3820 Why doth thine heart H3947 carry thee away [H8799]   H5869 ? and what do thy eyes H7335 wink at [H8799]  ,

¹³ H7725 That thou turnest [H8686]   H7307 thy spirit H410 against God H4405 , and lettest such words H3318 go out [H8689]   H6310 of thy mouth?

¹⁴ H582 What is man H2135 , that he should be clean [H8799]   H3205 ? and he which is born [H8803]   H802 of a woman H6663 , that he should be righteous [H8799]  ?

¹⁵ H539 Behold, he putteth no trust [H8686]   H6918 in his saints H8064 ; yea, the heavens H2141 are not clean [H8804]   H5869 in his sight.

¹⁶ H8581 How much more abominable [H8737]   H444 and filthy [H8737]   H376 is man H8354 , which drinketh [H8802]   H5766 iniquity [H8675]   H5766   H4325 like water?

¹⁷ H2331 I will shew [H8762]   H8085 thee, hear [H8798]   H2372 me; and that which I have seen [H8804]   H5608 I will declare [H8762]  ;

¹⁸ H2450 Which wise H5046 men have told [H8686]   H1 from their fathers H3582 , and have not hid [H8765]   it :

¹⁹ H776 Unto whom alone the earth H5414 was given [H8738]   H2114 , and no stranger [H8801]   H5674 passed [H8804]   H8432 among them.

²⁰ H7563 The wicked H2342 man travaileth [H8711]   H3117 with pain all his days H4557 , and the number H8141 of years H6845 is hidden [H8738]   H6184 to the oppressor.

²¹ H6343 A dreadful H6963 sound H241 is in his ears H7965 : in prosperity H7703 the destroyer [H8802]   H935 shall come [H8799]   upon him.

²² H539 He believeth [H8686]   H7725 not that he shall return [H8800]   H2822 out of darkness H6822 , and he is waited [H8803]   H2719 for of the sword.

²³ H5074 He wandereth abroad [H8802]   H3899 for bread H3045 , saying, Where is it ? he knoweth [H8804]   H3117 that the day H2822 of darkness H3559 is ready [H8737]   H3027 at his hand.

²⁴ H6862 Trouble H4691 and anguish H1204 shall make him afraid [H8762]   H8630 ; they shall prevail [H8799]   H4428 against him, as a king H6264 ready H3593 to the battle.

²⁵ H5186 For he stretcheth out [H8804]   H3027 his hand H410 against God H1396 , and strengtheneth [H8691]   H7706 himself against the Almighty.

²⁶ H7323 He runneth [H8799]   H6677 upon him, even on his neck H5672 , upon the thick H1354 bosses H4043 of his bucklers:

²⁷ H3680 Because he covereth [H8765]   H6440 his face H2459 with his fatness H6213 , and maketh [H8799]   H6371 collops of fat H3689 on his flanks.

²⁸ H7931 And he dwelleth [H8799]   H3582 in desolate [H8737]   H5892 cities H1004 , and in houses H3427 which no man inhabiteth [H8799]   H6257 , which are ready [H8694]   H1530 to become heaps.

²⁹ H6238 He shall not be rich [H8799]   H2428 , neither shall his substance H6965 continue [H8799]   H5186 , neither shall he prolong [H8799]   H4512 the perfection H776 thereof upon the earth.

³⁰ H5493 He shall not depart [H8799]   H2822 out of darkness H7957 ; the flame H3001 shall dry up [H8762]   H3127 his branches H7307 , and by the breath H6310 of his mouth H5493 shall he go away [H8799]  .

³¹ H8582 Let not him that is deceived [H8738]   H539 trust [H8686]   H7723 in vanity H7723 : for vanity H8545 shall be his recompence.

³² H4390 It shall be accomplished [H8735]   H3808 before H3117 his time H3712 , and his branch H7488 shall not be green.

³³ H2554 He shall shake off [H8799]   H1154 his unripe grape H1612 as the vine H7993 , and shall cast off [H8686]   H5328 his flower H2132 as the olive.

³⁴ H5712 For the congregation H2611 of hypocrites H1565 shall be desolate H784 , and fire H398 shall consume [H8804]   H168 the tabernacles H7810 of bribery.

³⁵ H2029 They conceive [H8800]   H5999 mischief H3205 , and bring forth [H8800]   H205 vanity H990 , and their belly H3559 prepareth [H8686]   H4820 deceit.