1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2 “Can a man be profitable to God?Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous?Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you,that he enters with you into judgement?
5 Isn’t your wickedness great?Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing,and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You haven’t given water to the weary to drink,and you have withheld bread from the hungry.