Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, 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 unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him?
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 advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?
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 reproveth thee, that He entereth with thee into judgment?
5 Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
Is not thy wickedness great? And are not 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 pledges of thy brother for nought, 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 hast not given water to the weary 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.
And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, and as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it,
9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
Thou hast 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 dread affrighted thee,
11 Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.
Or darkness, that thou canst not 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 topmost of the stars, how high they are!
13 But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can 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 in the circuit of heaven.'
15 Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
Wilt 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 unto God: 'Depart from us'; and what could the Almighty do unto 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 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 saw it, and were glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
20 Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.
'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath 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; thereby shall thine increase be good.
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 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.
And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
25 Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee;
26 And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
Then surely shalt thou have thy delight 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.
Thou shalt also 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 cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up'; for the humble person He saveth.
30 The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
He delivereth him that is innocent, yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
