Job 22

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

2 May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

3 Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright?

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou are righteous? Or is it gain to him that thou make thy ways perfect?

4 Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement?

Is it for thy fear of him that he reproves thee, that he enters with thee into judgment?

5 Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?

Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

6 For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.

For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

7 To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.

Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry.

8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.

But as for the mighty man, he had the land. And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.

Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shall suddenly trouble thee:

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee,

11 Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.

or darkness, so that thou cannot see, and abundance of waters cover thee.

12 Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

13 But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?

And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

14 The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.

15 Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?

Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?

16 Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:

Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

17 Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.

who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?

18 Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.

Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19 The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne.

The righteous see it, and are glad. And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

20 Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.

Saying, Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed.

21 Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.

22 Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

23 If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

24 Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.

Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

25 Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.

Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee.

26 And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.

For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.

27 Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.

Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.

28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.

Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.

29 When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.

When they cast thee down, thou shall say, There is lifting up, and he will save the humble man.

30 The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.

He will deliver even him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.