“"You accuse with your words him who is not equal to you and say what is not profitable to you." Your purification is an accusation against God. In fact, if you are afflicted undeservedly, he who is afflicting you is undoubtedly accused of iniquity.”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 15:1-3
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3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
— Job 15:3 —
4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.