How much more then an abominable and vile man, which drinketh wickedness like water?

"I will tell thee; hear me. I will show thee a thing, that I know;

A fearful sound is ever in his ears, and when it is peace yet feareth he destruction.

When he goeth forth to get his living, he thinketh plainly, that the day of darkness is at hand.

which wise men have told, and hath not been hid from their fathers:

Sorrow and carefulness make him afraid, and compass him round about, like as it where a king with his host ready to the battle.

unto whom only the land was given, that no stranger should come among them.

Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, but are become heaps of stones.

He shall be plucked off as an untimely grape from the vine, and shall let his flower fall, as the olive doth.

He runneth proudly upon him, and with a stiff neck fighteth he against him:

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, nor increase upon earth.

whereas he covereth his face with fatness, and maketh his body well liking.

He conceiveth travail, he beareth mischief, and his body bringeth forth deceit."

The ungodly despaireth all the days of his life, and the number of a tyrant's years is unknown.

He believeth never to be delivered out of darkness; the sword is always before his eyes.

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

What is man, that he should be clean? What hath he, which is born of a woman, whereby he might be known to be righteous?

Behold, he doth not trust his saints; yea, the very heavens are not clean in his sight.

He will never apply himself to faithfulness and truth, so sore is he deceived with vanity.

He shall never come out of darkness, the flame shall dry up his branches, with the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken away.

As for shame, thou hast set it aside - else wouldest thou not make so many words before God.

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God, that all wisdom is too little for thee?

For the congregation of hypocrites is unfruitful, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedy to receive gifts.

"Should a wise man's answer be as the science of the wind, and fill his belly with the wind of the east?

He shall perish, before his time be worn out, and his hand shall not be green.

With us are old and aged men; yea, such as have lived longer than thy forefathers.

For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and armed himself against the Almighty.

But thy wickedness teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen thee a crafty tongue.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea thine own lips shape the answer.

Thinkest thou it a small thing of the consolations of God? With thee is a lying word.

that thy mind is so puffed up against God and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

Art thou the first man that ever was born? Or, wast thou made before the hills?

What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, but we can the same?

Why doth thine heart make thee so proud? Why standest thou so greatly in thine own conceit? Where unto look thine eyes,

Thou reprovest with words, that are worth nothing; and speakest the things which can do no good!