Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —
2 May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?
To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself 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 a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?
4 Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement?
Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:
5 Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no 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 takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
7 To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.
As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth in it.
9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shall suddenly trouble thee:
Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
11 Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.
Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth 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 high [in] heaven? 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 thou hast said, 'What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
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 doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
15 Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
The path of the age dost thou observe, 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 doth the Mighty One to them?
18 Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
19 The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne.
See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
20 Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.
'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
21 Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.
22 Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.
Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings 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 dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
24 Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
25 Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.
26 And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,
27 Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.
Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.
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 thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
30 The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.
