¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: ² “Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind? ³ Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value? ⁴ But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God. ⁵ Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty. ⁶ Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you. ⁷ “Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? ⁸ Do you listen in on God`s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?