< Job 22 >

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say
2 Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
to/for God be useful great man for be useful upon them be prudent
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou are righteous? Or is it gain to him that thou make thy ways perfect?
pleasure to/for Almighty for to justify and if unjust-gain for to finish way: conduct your
4 Is it for thy fear of him that he reproves thee, that he enters with thee into judgment?
from fear your to rebuke you to come (in): come with you in/on/with justice: judgement
5 Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
not distress: evil your many and nothing end to/for iniquity: crime your
6 For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
for to pledge brother: male-sibling your for nothing and garment naked to strip
7 Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry.
not water faint to water: drink and from hungry to withhold food: bread
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the land. And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
and man arm to/for him [the] land: country/planet and to lift: kindness face: kindness to dwell in/on/with her
9 Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
widow to send: depart emptily and arm orphan to crush
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee,
upon so around you snare and to dismay you dread suddenly
11 or darkness, so that thou cannot see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
or darkness not to see: see and abundance water to cover you
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
not god height heaven and to see: behold! head: top star for to exalt
13 And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
and to say what? to know God about/through/for cloud to judge
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.
cloud secrecy to/for him and not to see: see and circle heaven to go: walk
15 Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
way forever: antiquity to keep: obey which to tread man evil: wickedness
16 Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
which to seize and not time river to pour: pour foundation their
17 who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?
[the] to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and what? to work Almighty to/for them
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
and he/she/it to fill house: home their good and counsel wicked to remove from me
19 The righteous see it, and are glad. And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
to see: see righteous and to rejoice and innocent to mock to/for them
20 Saying, Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed.
if: surely yes not to hide adversary our and remainder their to eat fire
21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.
be useful please with him and to ally in/on/with them to come (in): come you welfare
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
to take: recieve please from lip his instruction and to set: put word his in/on/with heart your
23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
if to return: return till Almighty to build to remove injustice from tent your
24 Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
and to set: put upon dust gold and in/on/with rock torrent: river Ophir
25 Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee.
and to be Almighty gold your and silver: money peak to/for you
26 For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.
for then upon Almighty to delight and to lift: kindness to(wards) god face your
27 Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.
to pray to(wards) him and to hear: hear you and vow your to complete
28 Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.
and to cut word and to arise: establish to/for you and upon way: conduct your to shine light
29 When they cast thee down, thou shall say, There is lifting up, and he will save the humble man.
for to abase and to say pride and lowly eye to save
30 He will deliver even him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
to escape not innocent and to escape in/on/with cleanness palm your

< Job 22 >