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1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2“A wise man wouldn’t answer with such empty talk! You are nothing but a windbag.

2Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind?

3The wise don’t engage in empty chatter. What good are such words?

3Should he argue with useless talk or with words that serve no good purpose?

4Have you no fear of God, no reverence for him?

4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

5Your sins are telling your mouth what to say. Your words are based on clever deception.

5Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty.

6Your own mouth condemns you, not I. Your own lips testify against you.

6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

7“Were you the first person ever born? Were you born before the hills were made?

7Were you the first person ever born, or were you brought forth before the hills?

8Were you listening at God’s secret council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

8Do you listen in on the council of God, or have a monopoly on wisdom?

9What do you know that we don’t? What do you understand that we do not?

9What do you know that we don't? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

10On our side are aged, gray-haired men much older than your father!

10Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us, men older than your father.

11“Is God’s comfort too little for you? Is his gentle word not enough?

11Are God's consolations not enough for you, even the words that deal gently with you?

12What has taken away your reason? What has weakened your vision,

12Why has your heart misled you, and why do your eyes flash

13that you turn against God and say all these evil things?

13as you turn your anger against God and allow such words to leave your mouth?

14Can any mortal be pure? Can anyone born of a woman be just?

14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

15Look, God does not even trust the angels. Even the heavens are not absolutely pure in his sight.

15If God puts no trust in His holy ones and the heavens are not pure in His sight,

16How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person with a thirst for wickedness!

16how much less one who is revolting and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

17“If you will listen, I will show you. I will answer you from my own experience.

17Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,

18And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men who have heard the same thing from their fathers—

18what was declared by wise men and was not suppressed by their ancestors,

19from those to whom the land was given long before any foreigners arrived.

19the land was given to them alone when no foreigner passed among them.

20“The wicked writhe in pain throughout their lives. Years of trouble are stored up for the ruthless.

20A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

21The sound of terror rings in their ears, and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.

21Dreadful sounds fill his ears; when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.

22They dare not go out into the darkness for fear they will be murdered.

22He doesn't believe he will return from darkness; he is destined for the sword.

23They wander around, saying, ‘Where can I find bread?’ They know their day of destruction is near.

23He wanders about for food, saying, "Where is it?" He knows the day of darkness is at hand.

24That dark day terrifies them. They live in distress and anguish, like a king preparing for battle.

24Trouble and distress terrify him, overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle.

25For they shake their fists at God, defying the Almighty.

25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.

26Holding their strong shields, they defiantly charge against him.

26He rushes headlong at Him with his thick, studded shields.

27“These wicked people are heavy and prosperous; their waists bulge with fat.

27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with it,

28But their cities will be ruined. They will live in abandoned houses that are ready to tumble down.

28he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble.

29Their riches will not last, and their wealth will not endure. Their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.

29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not increase in the land.

30“They will not escape the darkness. The burning sun will wither their shoots, and the breath of God will destroy them.

30He will not escape from the darkness; flames will wither his shoots, and by the breath of God's mouth, he will depart.

31Let them no longer fool themselves by trusting in empty riches, for emptiness will be their only reward.

31Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray, for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.

32They will be cut down in the prime of life; their branches will never again be green.

32It will be accomplished before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

33They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested too early, like an olive tree that loses its blossoms before the fruit can form.

33He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

34For the godless are barren. Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.

34For the company of the godless will have no children, and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.

35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil. Their womb produces deceit.”

35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb prepares deception.

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