Job 22
1 And he answered Eliphaz the Temanite and he said.
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 ¿ To God will he be of use a man for will he be of use? on him a wise [person].
“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
3 ¿ [does] pleasure [belong] to [the] Almighty That you are righteous and or? profit that you make blameless ways your.
Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
4 ¿ From fear your does he reprove you does he go? with you in judgment.
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
5 ¿ Not [is] evil your great and not? an end [belongs] to iniquities your.
Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
6 For you have held in pledge brothers your without cause and [the] garments of naked [people] you have stripped off.
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
7 Not water [the] weary you have given to drink and from [the] hungry you have withheld bread.
You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
8 And a person of arm [belongs] to him the land and [one] uplifted of face he dwells in it.
while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
9 Widows you have sent away with empty hands and [the] arms of fatherless ones it has been crushed.
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10 There-fore [are] around you snares and it terrifies you dread suddenly.
Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
11 Or darkness not you will see and abundance of water it covers you.
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
12 ¿ Not [is] God [the] height of heaven and look at [the] top of [the] stars that they are high.
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 And you say what? does he know God ¿ through thick darkness will he judge.
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
14 Clouds [are] a hiding place of him and not he will see and [the] circle of heaven he walks about.
Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
15 ¿ A path of antiquity will you keep which they have trodden men of wickedness.
Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
16 Who they were snatched away and not an appropriate time a river it was poured out foundation their.
They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
17 Who were saying to God depart from us and what? will he do [the] Almighty to them.
They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
18 And he he filled houses their good thing[s] and [the] counsel of wicked [people] it is far from me.
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
19 They see [it] righteous [people] so they may rejoice and [the] innocent he mocks them.
The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
20 If not he has been destroyed adversary our and abundance their it has consumed fire.
‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
21 Be reconciled please with him and be at peace by them it will come to you good.
Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
22 Accept please from mouth his instruction and put words his in heart your.
Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
23 If you will return to [the] Almighty you will be built up you will remove injustice from tent your.
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
24 And put on [the] dust gold and among [the] rock[s] of wadis gold of Ophir.
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
25 And he will be [the] Almighty gold your and silver of heaps for you.
then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
26 For then on [the] Almighty you will take delight and you may lift up to God face your.
Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
27 You will pray to him and he will hear you and vows your you will pay.
You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
28 And you may decide a matter and it may be fulfilled for you and on ways your it will shine light.
Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
29 If people brought low and you said up! and [the] lowly of eyes he will save.
When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
30 He will deliver not an innocent [person] and he will be delivered by [the] cleanness of hands your.
He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
