1. Ke uElifazi waseTeman waphendula wathi:
2. “Uthi isilumko singaze sitsho ngembudede enje?Singathi kanti sihlalele ukubhodla umoya wasempuma?
3. Wawusibona phi isilumko esibhibhidla kanje xa sixoxayo,esisuka sizithethelele ngamazwi ayimfeketho njengawe lo?
4. Wena ngoku uyakuphuthisa ukuthobela uThixo;ngale ndlela yakho akukho bani ongaphinda anxulumane noThixo.
5. Ukuthetha kwakho sekulawulwa bubugwenxa;ulwimi lwakho luvuza amaqhinga.
6. Wena awugwetywa nandim, koko ngumlomo wakho,ngamazwi akho kanye akugwebayo.
7. “Nguwe na umntu wokuqala ukuzalwa?Ngaba wavela kungekabikho neentaba ezi?