1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2. “Can a man be profitable to God,as he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
3. Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?
4. “Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,and enters into judgment with you?
5. Is not your wickedness great,and your iniquity infinite?
6. For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing,and stripped the naked of their clothing.