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¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said, ² Can a man be profitable vnto God? as hee that is wise may be profitable vnto himselfe. ³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gaine to him, that thou makest thy waies perfite? ⁴ Will hee reproue thee for feare of thee? will he enter with thee into iudgment?

⁵ Is not thy wickednesse great? and thine iniquities infinite? ⁶ For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. ⁷ Thou hast not giuen water to the wearie to drinke, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. ⁸ But as for the mightie man, hee had the earth, and the honourable man dwelt in it. ⁹ Thou hast sent widowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse haue bene broken. ¹⁰ Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden feare troubleth thee, ¹¹ Or darkenes that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters couer thee. ¹² Is not God in the height of heauen? and behold the height of the starres how high they are. ¹³ And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude? ¹⁴ Thicke cloudes are a couering to him that he seeth not, and hee walketh in the circuit of heauen.

¹⁵ Hast thou marked the olde way which wicked men haue troden? ¹⁶ Which were cut downe out of time, whose foundation was ouerflowen with a flood. ¹⁷ Which said vnto God, Depart from vs, and what can the Almightie doe for them? ¹⁸ Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the wicked is farre from me. ¹⁹ The righteous see it, and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorne. ²⁰ Whereas our substance is not cut downe, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

²¹ Acquaint now thy selfe with him, and be at peace: thereby good shal come vnto thee. ²² Receiue, I pray thee, the Lawe from his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart. ²³ If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be built vp, thou shalt put away iniquitie farre from thy tabernacles. ²⁴ Then shalt thou lay vp golde as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brookes. ²⁵ Yea the Almightie shall bee thy defence, and thou shalt haue plenty of siluer. ²⁶ For then shalt thou haue thy delight in the Almightie, and shalt lift vp thy face vnto God. ²⁷ Thou shalt make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt pay thy vowes. ²⁸ Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shal be established vnto thee: and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes. ²⁹ When men are cast downe, then thou shalt say, There is lifting vp: and he shall saue the humble person. ³⁰ He shall deliuer the Iland of the innocent: and it is deliuered by the purenesse of thine hands.