1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge, and should he fill his stomach with the east wind?
3 Should he argue in talk that is not profitable or in words with which he cannot do good?
4 “What is worse, you yourself are doing away with fear, and you are lessening meditation before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your mouth condemns you, and not I; and your lips testify against you.
7 “Were you born the firstborn of the human race? And were you brought forth before the hills?