Job 15:1-16

Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much

¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

2“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge,

And fill himself with the east wind?

3“Should he argue with useless talk,

Or with words which do not benefit?

4“Indeed, you do away with reverence,

And hinder meditation before God.

5“For your wrongdoing teaches your mouth,

And you choose the language of the cunning.

6“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;

And your own lips testify against you.

7“Were you the first person to be born,

Or were you brought forth before the hills?

8“Do you hear the secret discussion 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 little for you,

Or the word spoken gently to you?

12“Why does your heart take you away?

And why do your eyes wink,

13That you can turn your spirit against God

And produce such words from your mouth?

14“What is man, that he would be pure,

Or he who is born of a woman, that he would be righteous?

15“Behold, He has no trust in His holy ones,

And the heavens are not pure in His sight;

16How much less one who is detestable and corrupt:

A person who drinks malice like water!

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