1   Bvt Eliphaz the Themanite answering, sayd: ^note

2   Wil a wife man answer as it were speaking into the wind, and fil his stomacke with burning?

3   Thou ^note reprouest him in wordes, that is not equal to thee, and speakest that which is not expedient for thee.

4   As much as is in thee, thou hast euacuated feare, and hast taken away prayers before God.

5   For thine iniquitie hath taught thy mouth, and thou doest imitate the tongue of blasphemers.

6   Thine owne mouth shal condemne thee, and not I: and thy lippes shal answer thee.

7   Wast thou the first man borne, and formed before the litle hilles?

8   Hast thou heard Gods counsel, and shal his wisedome be inferiour to thee?

9   What doest thou know, that we are ignorant of? what doest thou vnderstand that we know not?

10   There are

both oldmen and ancientes among vs, much elder then thy fathers.

11   Is it a great matter that God should comforth thee: but thy naughtie wordes hinder it.

12   Why doth thy hart eleuate thee, and as thinking great thinges, hast thou estonied eies.

13   Why doeth thy spirit swel agaynst God, to vtter such wordes out of thy mouth.

14   What is man, that he should be ^notewithout spot, and that the borne of a woman should appeare ^noteiust?

15   Behold among his sainctes none is immutable, and the heauens are not cleane in his sight.

16   How much more is man abominable, and vnprofitable, who drinketh iniquitie as it were water?

17   I wil shew thee, heare me: that which I haue seene I wil tel thee.

18   Wisemen confesse and hide not their fathers.

19   To whom onlie the earth was geuen, and stranger hath not passed by them.

20   The impious is proud al his daies, and ^note the number of the yeares of his tyrannie is vncertaine.

21   The sound of terrour is alwaies in his eares: and when there is peace, he alwaies suspecteth treason.

22   He beleueth not that he may returne from darkenesse to light, looking round about for the sword on euerie side.

23   When he shal moue himself to seeke bread, he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared in his hand.

24   Tribulation shal terrifie him, and distresse shal compasse him, as a king that is prepared to battel.

25   For he hath stretched his hand against God, and is strengthened against the Omnipotent.

26   He hath runne against him with necke set vp right, and is armed with a fatte necke.

27   Fatnesse hath couered his face, and from his sides there hangeth tallow.

28   He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses, that are brought into hillockes.

29   He shal not be enriched, neither shal his substance continew, neither shal he put his roote in the earth.

30   He shal not depart out of darkenes, the flame shal drie his boughes, and he shal be taken away with the spirit of his owne mouth.

31   He shal not beleeue vainely deceiued with errour, that he may be redemed with anie price.

32   Before his daies be accomplished, he shal perish: and his handes shal wither.

33   His cluster in the first flower shal be hurt as a vine, and as the oliue tree casting his flower.

34   For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shal deuoure their tabernacles, which gladly take giftes.

35   He conceiued sorow, and hath brought forth iniquitie, and his wombe preprareth guiles.

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