< Job 22 >
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say
2 Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him?
to/for God be useful great man for be useful upon them be prudent
3 Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?
pleasure to/for Almighty for to justify and if unjust-gain for to finish way: conduct your
4 Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee, that He entereth with thee into judgment?
from fear your to rebuke you to come (in): come with you in/on/with justice: judgement
5 Is not thy wickedness great? And are not thine iniquities without end?
not distress: evil your many and nothing end to/for iniquity: crime your
6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
for to pledge brother: male-sibling your for nothing and garment naked to strip
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
not water faint to water: drink and from hungry to withhold food: bread
8 And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, and as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it,
and man arm to/for him [the] land: country/planet and to lift: kindness face: kindness to dwell in/on/with her
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
widow to send: depart emptily and arm orphan to crush
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee,
upon so around you snare and to dismay you dread suddenly
11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
or darkness not to see: see and abundance water to cover you
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are!
not god height heaven and to see: behold! head: top star for to exalt
13 And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?
and to say what? to know God about/through/for cloud to judge
14 Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'
cloud secrecy to/for him and not to see: see and circle heaven to go: walk
15 Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
way forever: antiquity to keep: obey which to tread man evil: wickedness
16 Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream;
which to seize and not time river to pour: pour foundation their
17 Who said unto God: 'Depart from us'; and what could the Almighty do unto them?
[the] to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and what? to work Almighty to/for them
18 Yet He filled their houses with good things — but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
and he/she/it to fill house: home their good and counsel wicked to remove from me
19 The righteous saw it, and were glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
to see: see righteous and to rejoice and innocent to mock to/for them
20 'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath consumed.'
if: surely yes not to hide adversary our and remainder their to eat fire
21 Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby shall thine increase be good.
be useful please with him and to ally in/on/with them to come (in): come you welfare
22 Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in thy heart.
to take: recieve please from lip his instruction and to set: put word his in/on/with heart your
23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up — if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents,
if to return: return till Almighty to build to remove injustice from tent your
24 And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
and to set: put upon dust gold and in/on/with rock torrent: river Ophir
25 And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee;
and to be Almighty gold your and silver: money peak to/for you
26 Then surely shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
for then upon Almighty to delight and to lift: kindness to(wards) god face your
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
to pray to(wards) him and to hear: hear you and vow your to complete
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, and light shall shine upon thy ways.
and to cut word and to arise: establish to/for you and upon way: conduct your to shine light
29 When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up'; for the humble person He saveth.
for to abase and to say pride and lowly eye to save
30 He delivereth him that is innocent, yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
to escape not innocent and to escape in/on/with cleanness palm your