{How much less} he who is abominable and corrupt, a man drinking wickedness like water.

"I will show you, listen to me; and what I have seen, I will tell--

Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him.

"He is wandering for bread, [saying], 'Where [is it]?' He knows that a day of darkness [is] ready {at hand}.

what wise men have told, and they have not hidden [that which is] from their ancestors,

Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the battle.

{to whom alone} the land was given, and no stranger passed through their midst.

{he will dwell} [in] desolate cities, in houses that they should not inhabit, which are destined for rubble.

"He will shake off his unripe fruit like the vine, and he will cast off his blossom like the olive tree;

he {stubbornly} runs against him {with his thick-bossed shield}.

He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure, and their possessions will not stretch across the earth.

"Because he has covered his face with his fat and has gathered fat upon [his] loins,

[They] conceive trouble and bring forth mischief, and their womb prepares deceit."

"All of the wicked [one's] days he is writhing, even [through] the number of years that are laid up for the tyrant.

{He cannot trust that he will return} from darkness, and he himself is destined for [the] sword.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

Look, he does not trust his holy ones, and [the] heavens are not clean in his eyes.

Let him not trust in emptiness--he will be deceiving himself-- for worthlessness will be his recompense.

"He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.

"{What is worse}, you yourself are doing away with fear, and you are lessening meditation {before} God.

Have you listened in God's confidential discussion? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

for [the] company of [the] godless [is] barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

"Should [the] wise answer [with] windy knowledge, and should he fill his stomach [with the] east wind?

It will be paid in full {before his time}, and his branch will not flourish.

Both [the] gray-haired and [the] old [are] among us-- {those older than your father}.

Because he stretched out his hand against God, and he was arrogant to Shaddai;

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose [the] tongue of [the] crafty.

Your mouth condemns you, and not I; and your lips testify against you.

"Are the consolations of God too small for you, a word [spoken] gently with you?

that you turn your spirit against God, and you let [such] words go out of your mouth?

"Were you born the firstborn of the human race? And were you brought forth {before} [the] hills?

What do you know that we do not know? [What] do you understand that [is] not clear to us?

Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,

Should he argue in talk [that] is not profitable or [in] words with which he cannot do good?