Job 15:1 - 15:13

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Eliphaz Says Job’s Lips Answer Against Him

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2

“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge

And fill his belly with the east wind?

3

Should he argue with a word that cannot be used,

Or with speech which is not profitable?

4

Indeed, you annul reverent fear

And cut off musing before God.

5

For your iniquity teaches your mouth,

And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

6

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;

And your own lips answer against you.

7

“Were you the first man to be born,

Or were you brought forth before the hills?

8

Do you hear the secret counsel of God,

And cut down wisdom only unto yourself?

9

What do you know that we do not know?

What do you understand that is not with us?

10

Both the gray‑haired and the aged are among us,

Older than your father.

11

Are the consolations of God too small for you,

Even the word spoken gently with you?

12

Why does your heart take you away?

And why do your eyes flash,

13

That you should turn your spirit against God

And allow such words to go out of your mouth?

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