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XV] Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,


 * Should a wise man utter vain knowledge,
 * And fill his belly with the east wind?
 * Should he reason with unprofitable talk?
 * Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
 * Yea, thou castest off fear,
 * And restrainest prayer before God.
 * For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity,
 * And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
 * Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I:
 * Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
 * Art thou the first man that was born?
 * Or wast thou made before the hills?
 * Hast thou heard the secret of God?
 * And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
 * What knowest thou, that we know not?
 * What understandest thou, which is not in us?
 * With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men,
 * Much elder than thy father.
 * Are the consolations of God small with thee?
 * Is there any secret thing with thee?
 * Why doth thine heart carry thee away?
 * And what do thy eyes wink at,
 * That thou turnest thy spirit against God,
 * And lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
 * What is man, that he should be clean?