3“Should he argue with useless talk,
         Or with words which are not profitable?

4“Indeed, you do away with reverence
         And hinder meditation before God.

5“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
         And you choose the language of the crafty.

6“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
         And your own lips testify 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 limit wisdom to yourself?

9“What do you know that we do not know?
         What do you understand that we do not?

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 carry you away?
         And why do your eyes flash,

13That you should turn your spirit against God
         And allow such words to go out of your mouth?

14“What is man, that he should be pure,
         Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

15“Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,
         And the heavens are not pure in His sight;

16How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
         Man, who drinks iniquity like water!

What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life

17“I will tell you, listen to me;
         And what I have seen I will also declare;

18What wise men have told,
         And have not concealed from their fathers,

19To whom alone the land was given,
         And no alien passed among them.

20“The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
         And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.

21“Sounds of terror are in his ears;
         While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

22“He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
         And he is destined for the sword.

23“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
         He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.

24“Distress and anguish terrify him,
         They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,

25Because he has stretched out his hand against God
         And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.

26“He rushes headlong at Him
         With his massive shield.

27“For he has covered his face with his fat
         And made his thighs heavy with flesh.

28“He has lived in desolate cities,
         In houses no one would inhabit,
         Which are destined to become ruins.

29“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
         And his grain will not bend down to the ground.

30“He will not escape from darkness;
         The flame will wither his shoots,
         And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

31“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
         For emptiness will be his reward.

32“It will be accomplished before his time,
         And his palm branch will not be green.

33“He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
         And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.

34“For the company of the godless is barren,
         And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.

35“They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity,
         And their mind prepares deception.”

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.

Darby Bible Translation
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?

English Revised Version
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Webster's Bible Translation
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?

World English Bible
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?

Young's Literal Translation
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