## Eliphaz Says Job's Lips Answer Against Him 

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 

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"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill his belly with the east wind? 

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Should he argue with a word that cannot be used, Or with speech which is not profitable? 

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Indeed, you annul _reverent_ fear And cut off musing before God. 

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For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty. 

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Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips answer against you. 

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"Were you the first man to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills? 

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Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And cut down wisdom _only_ unto yourself? 

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What do you know that we do not know? _What_ do you understand that is not with us? 

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Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father. 

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Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word _spoken_ gently with you? 

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Why does your heart take you away? And why do your eyes flash, 

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

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

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

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How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, Man, who drinks unrighteousness like water! 

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"I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have beheld I will also recount; 

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

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

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

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

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

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He wanders about for food, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand. 

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

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Because he has stretched out his hand against God And magnifies himself against the Almighty. 

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He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield. 

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

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

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He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not stretch out over the land. 

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He will not be able to depart from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will depart. 

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Let him not believe in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward, 

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When his days are not _yet_ fulfilled, And his palm branch is not green. 

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

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

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They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness, And their belly prepares deception."