Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
2 May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?
“Is a man profitable to God, Because a wise man 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 a delight to the Mighty One That you are righteous? Is it gain, That you make your ways perfect?
4 Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement?
Because of your reverence Does He reason [with] you? He enters with you into judgment:
5 Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
Is your wickedness not abundant? And there is no end to your iniquities.
6 For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, And you strip off the garments of the naked.
7 To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
You do not cause the weary to drink water, And you withhold bread from the hungry.
8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.
As for the man of arm—he has the earth, And the accepted of face—he dwells in it.
9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shall suddenly trouble thee:
Therefore snares [are] all around you, And sudden fear troubles you.
11 Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.
Or darkness—you do not see, And abundance of waters covers you.
12 Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
13 But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?
14 The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He does not see, And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.
15 Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
Do you observe the path of the age, That men of iniquity have trodden,
16 Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.
17 Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
Those saying to God, Turn aside from us, And what does the Mighty One do to them?
18 Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
And He has filled their houses [with] good (And the counsel of the wicked Has been far from me).
19 The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne.
The righteous see and they rejoice, And the innocent mocks at them:
20 Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.
Surely our substance has not been cut off, And fire has consumed their excellence.
21 Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace, Thereby your increase [is] good.
22 Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.
Please receive a law from His mouth, And set His sayings in your heart.
23 If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.
If you return to the Mighty you are built up, You put iniquity far from your tents.
24 Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
So as to set a defense on the dust, And a covering on a rock of the valleys.
25 Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
And the Mighty has been your defense, And silver [is] strength to you.
26 And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
For then you delight yourself on the Mighty, And lift up your face to God,
27 Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.
You make supplication to Him, And He hears you, And you complete 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 you decree a saying, And it is established to you, And light has shone on your ways.
29 When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.
For they have made low, And you say, Lift up. And He saves the bowed down of eyes.
30 The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
He delivers the one [who is] not innocent, Indeed, he has been delivered By the cleanness of your hands.”
