how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

"I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare:

A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

(Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;

Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):

He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.

he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."

the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;

Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness shall be his reward.

He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.

Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.

Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.

Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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

Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?

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

"Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?

What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?

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

Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?