Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
2 May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?
Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?
3 Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright?
For what matters it to the Lord, if you were blameless in [your] works? or is it profitable that you should perfect your way?
4 Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement?
Will you maintain and plead your own cause? and will he enter into judgement with you?
5 Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
Is not your wickedness abundant, and your sins innumerable?
6 For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
And you have taken security of your brethren for nothing, and have taken away the clothing of the naked.
7 To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
Neither have you given water to the thirsty to drink, but have taken away the morsel of the hungry.
8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.
And you have accepted the persons of some; and you have established those [that were already settled] on the earth.
9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
But you have sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans.
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shall suddenly trouble thee:
Therefore snares have compassed you, and disastrous war has troubled you.
11 Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.
The light has proved darkness to you, and water has covered you on your lying down.
12 Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?
13 But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
And you has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?
14 The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.
15 Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
Will you [not] mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?
16 Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
who were seized before their time: their foundations [are as] an overflowing stream.
17 Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon 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 for the wicked is far from him.
19 The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne.
The righteous have seen [it], and laughed, and the blameless one has derided [them].
20 Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.
Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their [property].
21 Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
Be firm, I pray you, if you can endure; then your fruit shall prosper.
22 Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.
And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23 If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.
And if you shall turn and humble yourself before the Lord, you have [thus] removed unrighteousness far from your habitation.
24 Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
You shall lay up for yourself [treasure] in a heap on the rock; and Sophir [shall be] as the rock of the torrent.
25 Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
So the Almighty shall be your helper from enemies, and he shall bring you forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.
26 And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
Then shall you have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.
27 Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.
And he shall hear you when you pray to him, and he shall grant you [power] to pay your vows.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
And he shall establish to you again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon your paths.
29 When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.
Because you have humbled yourself; and you shall say, [Man] has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.
30 The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
He shall deliver the innocent, and do you save yourself by your pure hands.
