¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: ² “Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person benefit him? ³ What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless? ⁴ “Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you? ⁵ Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless? ⁶ You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked. ⁷ You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry, ⁸ though you were a powerful man, owning land— an honored man, living on it.