"They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepares deceit." The final verse of Eliphaz's second speech describes the generative process of wickedness: conception of mischief, birth of iniquity, preparation of deceit. Wickedness is self-perpetuating, breeding more wickedness. The verse suggests that once someone enters the cycle of unrighteousness, reproduction of evil becomes involuntary, almost biological. Eliphaz concludes his speech by presenting the logic of retribution as seemingly inexorable and cosmic in scale.

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