1 Then Eliphaz from Teman answered:
2 “Does God need our help? Even the wisest of us is not really useful to him.
3 Does your living right benefit him? Does God All-Powerful gain anything if you follow him?
4 Why does God blame and punish you? Is it because you worship him?
5 No, it is because you sin so much. You never stop sinning.
6 Maybe to guarantee loans you took things from people for no reason. Maybe you took a poor man’s clothes to make sure he paid you back.