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[1]Then aunswered Eliphaz the Themanite, and saide
[2]Shall a wyse mans aunswere be as the winde, and fill a mans belly as it were with the winde of the east
[3]Shall he reproue with a worde that is nothing worth, & speake the thinges which can do no good
[4]Surely thou hast cast of feare, and restrainest prayer before God
[5]For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie
[6]Thyne owne mouth condempneth thee, and not I: yea, thyne owne lippes shape an aunswere against thee
[7]Art thou the first man that euer was borne? or wast thou made before the hils
[8]Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee
[9]What knowest thou, that we knowe not? And what vnderstandest thou, but we can the same
[10]With vs are both olde and aged men, yea such as haue liued longer then thy father
[11]Thinkest thou it a small thing of the consolations of God? with thee is a lying worde
[12]Why doth thyne heart so bewitche thee? And wherefore winckest thou with thyne eyes
[13]That thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth
[14]What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous
[15]Beholde he doth not trust his sainctes, yea, the very heauens are not cleane in his sight
[16]How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water
[17]I will tel thee, heare me, and I will shewe thee that I haue seene
[18]Which wyse men haue tolde, and haue not hid that which they receaued from theyr fathers
[19]Unto whom alone the earth was geue, and no straunger went among them
[20]The vngodly soroweth all the dayes of his lyfe as it were a woman with childe, and the number of a tirauntes yeres is vnknowen
[21]A feareful sounde is [euer] in his eares, and when he is in peace, the destroyer shall come vpon him
[22]He beleueth neuer to be deliuered out of darknesse: for the sworde is alwayes before his eyes
[23]He wandreth abrode for bread where it is, knowing that the day of darkenesse is redie at his hande
[24]Trouble and anguishe wil make him afrayde, and compasse him about, as is a king in the middest of an armie
[25]For he hath stretched out his hande against God, and armed him selfe against the almightie
[26]He runneth proudly vpon him, & with a stiffe necke fighteth he against him
[27]Where as he couereth his face with fatnesse, and maketh his body well lyking
[28]Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones
[29]He shall not be riche, neither shall his substaunce continue, neither shal the prosperitie thereof be prolonged vpon earth
[30]He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse, the flame shal drye vp his branches, with the blast of ye mouth [of God] shall he be taken away
[31]He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie, and yet vanitie shalbe his recompence
[32]He shal perishe afore his time be worne out, and his braunche shall not be greene
[33]He shalbe plucked of as an vntimely grape from the vine, and shall let his floure fall as the oliue doth
[34]For the congregation of hypocrites shalbe desolate, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedie to receaue giftes
[35]He conceaueth trauaile, and beareth vanitie, and their body bringeth foorth disceyte
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