✧1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: Copy✧2“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind? Copy✧3Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose? Copy✧4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. Copy✧5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. Copy✧6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you. Copy✧7Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? Copy✧8Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself? Copy✧9What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us? Copy