KJV ¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

KJV ² Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

KJV ³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

KJV ⁴ Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

KJV ⁵ Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

KJV ⁶ For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

KJV ⁷ Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

KJV ⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

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

KJV ¹⁰ Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

KJV ¹¹ Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

KJV ¹² Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

KJV ¹³ And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

KJV ¹⁴ Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

KJV ¹⁵ Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

KJV ¹⁶ Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

KJV ¹⁷ Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

KJV ¹⁸ Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

KJV ¹⁹ The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

KJV ²⁰ Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

KJV ²¹ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

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

KJV ²³ If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

KJV ²⁴ Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

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

KJV ²⁶ For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

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

KJV ²⁸ Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

KJV ²⁹ When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

KJV ³⁰ He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.