1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel
3Should he argue with useless words
4But you even undermine the fear of God
5For your iniquity instructs your mouth,
6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you;
7Were you the first man ever born?
8Do you listen in on the council of God
9What do you know that we do not?
10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—
11Are the consolations of God not enough for you,
12Why has your heart carried you away,
13as you turn your spirit against God
14What is man, that he should be pure,
15If God puts no trust in His holy ones,
16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt,
17Listen to me and I will inform you.
18what was declared by wise men
19to whom alone the land was given
20A wicked man writhes in pain all his days;
21Sounds of terror fill his ears;
22He despairs of his return from darkness;
23He wanders about as food for vultures;
24Distress and anguish terrify him,
25For he has stretched out his hand against God
26rushing headlong at Him
27Though his face is covered with fat
28he will dwell in ruined cities,
29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.
30He will not escape from the darkness;
31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness,
32It will be paid in full before his time,
33He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,
34For the company of the godless will be barren,
35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;