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1 - And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

2 - Doth a wise man answer <FI>with<Fi> vain knowledge? And fill <FI>with<Fi> an east wind his belly?

3 - To reason with a word not useful? And speeches--no profit in them?

4 - Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.

5 - For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

6 - Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

7 - The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?

8 - Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?

9 - What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou--and it is not with us?

10 - Both the gray-headed And the very aged <FI>are<Fi> among us--Greater than thy father <FI>in<Fi> days.

11 - Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word <FI>is<Fi> with thee,

12 - What--doth thine heart take thee away? And what--are thine eyes high?

13 - For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

14 - What <FI>is<Fi> man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?

15 - Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.

16 - Also--surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.

17 - I shew thee--hearken to me--And this I have seen and declare:

18 - Which the wise declare--And have not hid--from their fathers.

19 - To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:

20 - `All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

21 - A fearful voice <FI>is<Fi> in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

22 - He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched <FI>is<Fi> he for the sword.

23 - He is wandering for bread--`Where <FI>is<Fi> it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

24 - Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.

25 - For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.

26 - He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.

27 - For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over <FI>his<Fi> confidence.

28 - And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.

29 - He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.

30 - He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

31 - Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.

32 - Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.

33 - He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.

34 - For the company of the profane <FI>is<Fi> gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.

35 - To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.