Job 15:1-13 — Legacy Standard Bible

Eliphaz Says Job’s Lips Answer Against Him

15Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

²“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge^aAnd 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 fearAnd cut off musing before God.⁵“For ^ayour iniquity teaches your mouth,And you choose the tongue of ^bthe crafty.⁶“Your ^aown mouth condemns you, and not I;And your own lips answer against you.⁷“Were you the first man to be born,Or ^awere you brought forth before the hills?⁸“Do you hear the ^asecret counsel of God,And cut down wisdom only unto yourself?⁹“^aWhat do you know that we do not know?What do you understand that is not with us?¹⁰“Both the ^agray-haired and the aged are among us,Older than your father.¹¹“Are ^athe consolations of God too small for you,Even the ^bword spoken gently with you?¹²“Why does your ^aheart take you away?And why do your eyes flash,¹³That you should turn your spirit against GodAnd allow such words to go out of your mouth?