Job 15:1-12
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1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
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2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
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3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
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5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
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6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
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7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
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8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
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9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
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10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
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11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
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12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,