1 ¶ Then Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered and said,

2 C an a man be profitable unto God? For he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

3 I s it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art justified? Or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?

4 W ill he reprove thee or will he enter with thee into judgment because he fears thee?

5 ¶ Certainly thy wickedness is great and thine iniquities have no end.

6 F or thou didst take a pledge from thy brother without cause and stripped the naked of their clothing.

7 T hou didst not give water to drink to the weary, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.

8 B ut the man of means had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

9 T hou hast sent the widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10 T herefore, snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee

11 o r darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.

12 I s not God in the height of the heavens? Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

13 A nd thou shalt say, What does God know? How can he judge through the darkness?

14 T hick clouds are his hiding place, and he does not see; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.

15 ¶ Dost thou desire to keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?

16 W ho were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood.

17 W ho said unto God, Depart from us; and what can the Almighty do unto us?

18 H e had filled their houses with good things. Therefore, the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19 T he righteous shall see it and be glad; and the innocent laughs them to scorn.

20 W hereas our substance was not cut down, when the fire had consumed the rest of them.

21 ¶ Make up thy friendship now with him, and thou shalt have peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.

22 R eceive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

23 I f thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tent;

24 t hen thou shalt lay up gold as dust and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

25 A nd the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

26 F or then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

27 T hou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

28 T hou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

29 W hen others are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

30 H e shall deliver the island of the innocent; and in the pureness of thine hands thou shalt be kept.