<vn='1'>Then <sn="6030">answered</s><sn="464">Eliphaz</s> the <sn="8489">Temanite</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>Should a <sn="2450">wise</s> man <sn="6030">utter</s><sn="7307">vain</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>, and <sn="4390">fill</s> his <sn="990">belly</s> with the east <sn="6921">wind</s>? </v>
<vn='3'>Should he <sn="3198">reason</s> with <sn="3808 5532">unprofitable</s><sn="1697">talk</s>? or with <sn="4405">speeches</s> wherewith he can do <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3276">good</s>? </v>
<vn='4'><sn="637">Yea</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> castest <sn="6565">off</s><sn="3374">fear</s>, and <sn="1639">restrainest</s><sn="7881">prayer</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="410">God</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3588">For</s> thy <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="502">uttereth</s> thine <sn="5771">iniquity</s>, and thou <sn="977">choosest</s> the <sn="3956">tongue</s> of the <sn="6175">crafty</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Thine own <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="7561">condemneth</s> thee, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="589">I</s>: yea, thine own <sn="8193">lips</s><sn="6030">testify</s> against thee. </v>
<vn='7'> Art thou the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="120">man</s> that was <sn="3205">born</s>? or wast thou <sn="2342">made</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="1389">hills</s>? </v>
<vn='8'>Hast thou <sn="8085">heard</s> the <sn="5475">secret</s> of <sn="433">God</s>? and dost thou <sn="1639">restrain</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s><sn="413">to</s> thyself? </v>
<vn='9'><sn="4100">What</s><sn="3045">knowest</s> thou, that we <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s>? what <sn="995">understandest</s> thou, <sn="1931">which</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5973">in</s> us? </v>
<vn='10'>With us are <sn="1571">both</s> the <sn="7867">grayheaded</s><sn="1571">and</s> very aged <sn="3453">men</s>, much <sn="3524 3117">elder</s> than thy <sn="4480 1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='11'> Are the <sn="8575">consolations</s> of <sn="410">God</s><sn="4592">small</s><sn="4480">with</s> thee? is there any <sn="328">secret</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee? </v>
<vn='12'><sn="4100">Why</s> doth thine <sn="3820">heart</s> carry thee <sn="3947">away</s>? and <sn="4100">what</s> do thy <sn="5869">eyes</s> wink <sn="7335">at</s>, </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">That</s> thou <sn="7725">turnest</s> thy <sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="410">God</s>, and lettest such <sn="4405">words</s> go <sn="3318">out</s> of thy <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s>? </v>
<vn='14'><sn="4100">What</s> is <sn="582">man</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> he should be <sn="2135">clean</s>? and he which is <sn="3205">born</s> of a <sn="802">woman</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> he should be <sn="6663">righteous</s>? </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2005">Behold</s>, he putteth no <sn="539 3808">trust</s> in his <sn="6918">saints</s>; yea, the <sn="8064">heavens</s> are <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2141">clean</s> in his <sn="5869">sight</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>How much <sn="637 3588">more</s><sn="8581">abominable</s> and <sn="444">filthy</s> is <sn="376">man</s>, which <sn="8354">drinketh</s><sn="5766">iniquity</s> like <sn="4325">water</s>? </v>
<vn='17'>I will <sn="2331">show</s> thee, <sn="8085">hear</s> me; and <sn="2088">that</s> which I have <sn="2372">seen</s> I will <sn="5608">declare</s>; </v>
<vn='18'><sn="834">Which</s><sn="2450">wise</s> men have <sn="5046">told</s> from their <sn="4480 1">fathers</s>, and have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3582">hid</s> it: </v>
<vn='19'>Unto whom <sn="905">alone</s> the <sn="776">earth</s> was <sn="5414">given</s>, and <sn="3808">no</s><sn="2114">stranger</s><sn="5674">passed</s><sn="8432">among</s> them. </v>
<vn='20'>The wicked <sn="7563">man</s> travaileth with <sn="2342">pain</s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="3117">days</s>, and the <sn="4557">number</s> of <sn="8141">years</s> is <sn="6845">hidden</s> to the <sn="6184">oppressor</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>A <sn="6343">dreadful</s><sn="6963">sound</s> is in his <sn="241">ears</s>: in <sn="7965">prosperity</s> the <sn="7703">destroyer</s> shall come <sn="935">upon</s> him. </v>
<vn='22'>He <sn="539">believeth</s><sn="3808">not</s> that he shall <sn="7725">return</s> out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="2822">darkness</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s> is waited <sn="6822">for</s><sn="413">of</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1931">He</s> wandereth <sn="5074">abroad</s> for <sn="3899">bread</s>, saying, <sn="346">Where</s> is it? he <sn="3045">knoweth</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="2822">darkness</s> is <sn="3559">ready</s> at his <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="6862">Trouble</s> and <sn="4691">anguish</s> shall make him <sn="1204">afraid</s>; they shall prevail <sn="8630">against</s> him, as a <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6264">ready</s> to the <sn="3593">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3588">For</s> he stretcheth <sn="5186">out</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="410">God</s>, and strengtheneth <sn="1396">himself</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="7706">Almighty</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>He <sn="7323">runneth</s><sn="413">upon</s> him, even on his <sn="6677">neck</s>, upon the <sn="5672">thick</s><sn="1354">bosses</s> of his <sn="4043">bucklers</s>: </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3588">Because</s> he <sn="3680">covereth</s> his <sn="6440">face</s> with his <sn="2459">fatness</s>, and <sn="6213">maketh</s> collops of <sn="6371">fat</s><sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="3689">flanks</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And he dwelleth <sn="7931">in</s><sn="3582">desolate</s><sn="5892">cities</s>, and in houses <sn="1004">which</s><sn="3808">no</s> man <sn="3427">inhabiteth</s>, <sn="834">which</s> are <sn="6257">ready</s> to become <sn="1530">heaps</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>He shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="6238">rich</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall his <sn="2428">substance</s><sn="6965">continue</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall he <sn="5186">prolong</s> the <sn="4512">perfection</s> thereof upon the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>He shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5493">depart</s> out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="2822">darkness</s>; the <sn="7957">flame</s> shall dry <sn="3001">up</s> his <sn="3127">branches</s>, and by the <sn="7307">breath</s> of his <sn="6310">mouth</s> shall he go <sn="5493">away</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>Let <sn="408">not</s> him that is <sn="8582">deceived</s><sn="539">trust</s> in <sn="7723">vanity</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="7723">vanity</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> his <sn="8545">recompense</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>It shall be <sn="4390">accomplished</s><sn="3808">before</s> his <sn="3117">time</s>, and his <sn="3712">branch</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="7488">green</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>He shall shake <sn="2554">off</s> his unripe <sn="1154">grape</s> as the <sn="1612">vine</s>, and shall cast <sn="7993">off</s> his <sn="5328">flower</s> as the <sn="2132">olive</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="5712">congregation</s> of <sn="2611">hypocrites</s> shall be <sn="1565">desolate</s>, and <sn="784">fire</s> shall <sn="398">consume</s> the <sn="168">tabernacles</s> of <sn="7810">bribery</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>They <sn="2029">conceive</s><sn="5999">mischief</s>, and bring <sn="3205">forth</s><sn="205">vanity</s>, and their <sn="990">belly</s><sn="3559">prepareth</s><sn="4820">deceit</s>. </v>