< Job 22 >

1 And he answered Eliphaz the Temanite and he said.
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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 useful to God? Can a wise man be useful to him?
3 ¿ [does] pleasure [belong] to [the] Almighty That you are righteous and or? profit that you make blameless ways your.
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
4 ¿ From fear your does he reprove you does he go? with you in judgment.
Is it because of your reverence for him that he rebukes you and takes you to judgment?
5 ¿ Not [is] evil your great and not? an end [belongs] to iniquities your.
Is not your wickedness great? Is there no end to your iniquities?
6 For you have held in pledge brothers your without cause and [the] garments of naked [people] you have stripped off.
For you have demanded guarantee of a loan from your brother for no reason, and you have stripped away clothing from the naked.
7 Not water [the] weary you have given to drink and from [the] hungry you have withheld bread.
You have not given water to weary people to drink; you have withheld bread from hungry people
8 And a person of arm [belongs] to him the land and [one] uplifted of face he dwells in it.
although you, a mighty man, possessed the earth, although you, an honored man, lived in it.
9 Widows you have sent away with empty hands and [the] arms of fatherless ones it has been crushed.
You have sent widows away empty; the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 There-fore [are] around you snares and it terrifies you dread suddenly.
Therefore, snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you.
11 Or darkness not you will see and abundance of water it covers you.
There is darkness, so that you cannot see; an abundance of waters 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 in the heights of heaven? Look at the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 And you say what? does he know God ¿ through thick darkness will he judge.
You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the 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 are a covering to him, so that he does not see us; he walks on the vault of heaven.'
15 ¿ A path of antiquity will you keep which they have trodden men of wickedness.
Will you keep the old way that wicked men have walked—
16 Who they were snatched away and not an appropriate time a river it was poured out foundation their.
those who were snatched away before their time, those whose foundations have washed away like a river,
17 Who were saying to God depart from us and what? will he do [the] Almighty to them.
those who said to God, 'Depart from us'; those who said, '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.
Yet he filled their houses with good things; the plans of wicked people are far from me.
19 They see [it] righteous [people] so they may rejoice and [the] innocent he mocks them.
Righteous people see their fate and are glad; innocent people laugh them to scorn.
20 If not he has been destroyed adversary our and abundance their it has consumed fire.
They say, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off; fire has consumed their possessions.'
21 Be reconciled please with him and be at peace by them it will come to you good.
Now agree with God and be at peace with him; in that way, good will come to you.
22 Accept please from mouth his instruction and put words his in heart your.
Receive, I beg you, instruction from his mouth; store 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 built up, if you put unrighteousness far away from your tents.
24 And put on [the] dust gold and among [the] rock[s] of wadis gold of Ophir.
Lay your treasure down in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
25 And he will be [the] Almighty gold your and silver of heaps for you.
and the Almighty will be your treasure, precious silver to you.
26 For then on [the] Almighty you will take delight and you may lift up to God face your.
For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty; you will 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 make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; you will pay your vows to him.
28 And you may decide a matter and it may be fulfilled for you and on ways your it will shine light.
You will also decree anything, and it will be confirmed for you; light will shine on your paths.
29 If people brought low and you said up! and [the] lowly of eyes he will save.
God humbles a proud man, and he saves the one with lowered eyes.
30 He will deliver not an innocent [person] and he will be delivered by [the] cleanness of hands your.
He will rescue even the man who is not innocent; who will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.”

< Job 22 >