Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
And 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 it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
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 if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4 Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement?
Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
5 Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
6 For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off 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.
Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.
But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
Widows hast thou sent empty away, 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 troubleth thee;
11 Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods 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 the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
13 But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
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, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
15 Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
16 Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
17 Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
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. 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.
Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
21 Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22 Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.
Receive, I pray thee, instruction 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 shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
24 Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
25 Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
26 And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God:
27 Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt 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.
And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto 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 are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
30 The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
