< Job 22 >

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say
2 “Is a man profitable to God, Because a wise man is profitable to himself?
to/for God be useful great man for be useful upon them be prudent
3 Is it a delight to the Mighty One That you are righteous? Is it gain, That you make your ways perfect?
pleasure to/for Almighty for to justify and if unjust-gain for to finish way: conduct your
4 Because of your reverence Does He reason [with] you? He enters with you into judgment:
from fear your to rebuke you to come (in): come with you in/on/with justice: judgement
5 Is your wickedness not abundant? And there is no end to your iniquities.
not distress: evil your many and nothing end to/for iniquity: crime your
6 For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, And you strip off the garments of the naked.
for to pledge brother: male-sibling your for nothing and garment naked to strip
7 You do not cause the weary to drink water, And you withhold bread from the hungry.
not water faint to water: drink and from hungry to withhold food: bread
8 As for the man of arm—he has the earth, And the accepted of face—he dwells 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 You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
widow to send: depart emptily and arm orphan to crush
10 Therefore snares [are] all around you, And sudden fear troubles you.
upon so around you snare and to dismay you dread suddenly
11 Or darkness—you do not see, And abundance of waters covers you.
or darkness not to see: see and abundance water to cover you
12 Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
not god height heaven and to see: behold! head: top star for to exalt
13 And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?
and to say what? to know God about/through/for cloud to judge
14 Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He does not see, And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.
cloud secrecy to/for him and not to see: see and circle heaven to go: walk
15 Do you observe the path of the age, That men of iniquity have trodden,
way forever: antiquity to keep: obey which to tread man evil: wickedness
16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.
which to seize and not time river to pour: pour foundation their
17 Those saying to God, Turn aside from us, And what does the Mighty One do to them?
[the] to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and what? to work Almighty to/for them
18 And He has filled their houses [with] good (And the counsel of the wicked Has been far from me).
and he/she/it to fill house: home their good and counsel wicked to remove from me
19 The righteous see and they rejoice, And the innocent mocks at them:
to see: see righteous and to rejoice and innocent to mock to/for them
20 Surely our substance has not been cut off, And fire has consumed their excellence.
if: surely yes not to hide adversary our and remainder their to eat fire
21 Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace, Thereby your increase [is] good.
be useful please with him and to ally in/on/with them to come (in): come you welfare
22 Please receive a law from His mouth, And set His sayings in your heart.
to take: recieve please from lip his instruction and to set: put word his in/on/with heart your
23 If you return to the Mighty you are built up, You put iniquity far from your tents.
if to return: return till Almighty to build to remove injustice from tent your
24 So as to set a defense on the dust, And a covering on a rock of the valleys.
and to set: put upon dust gold and in/on/with rock torrent: river Ophir
25 And the Mighty has been your defense, And silver [is] strength to you.
and to be Almighty gold your and silver: money peak to/for you
26 For then you delight yourself on the Mighty, And lift up your face to God,
for then upon Almighty to delight and to lift: kindness to(wards) god face your
27 You make supplication to Him, And He hears you, And you complete your vows.
to pray to(wards) him and to hear: hear you and vow your to complete
28 And you decree a saying, And it is established to you, And light has shone on your ways.
and to cut word and to arise: establish to/for you and upon way: conduct your to shine light
29 For they have made low, And you say, Lift up. And He saves the bowed down of eyes.
for to abase and to say pride and lowly eye to save
30 He delivers the one [who is] not innocent, Indeed, he has been delivered By the cleanness of your hands.”
to escape not innocent and to escape in/on/with cleanness palm your

< Job 22 >