Job 15:1–13

¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

²“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel

or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

³Should he argue with useless words

or speeches that serve no purpose?

⁴But you even undermine the fear of God

and hinder meditation before Him.

⁵For your iniquity instructs your mouth,

and you choose the language of the crafty.

⁶Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you;

your own lips testify against you.

⁷Were you the first man ever born?

Were you brought forth before the hills?

⁸Do you listen in on the council of God

or limit wisdom to yourself?

⁹What do you know that we do not?

What do you understand that is not clear to us?

¹⁰Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side —

men much older than your father.

¹¹Are the consolations of God not enough for you,

even words spoken gently to you?

¹²Why has your heart carried you away,

and why do your eyes flash,^a

¹³so that you turn your spirit against God

and pour such words from your mouth?