< Job 22 >

1 and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say
Then Eliphaz replied,
2 to/for God be useful great man for be useful upon them be prudent
“(Can anyone be useful to God?/Certainly no one can be useful to God.) [RHQ] Even people who are wise cannot be helpful to God.
3 pleasure to/for Almighty for to justify and if unjust-gain for to finish way: conduct your
If you were righteous, (would that benefit Almighty [God]?/that certainly would not benefit Almighty [God].) [RHQ] If you had (lived a perfect life/never done anything that is wrong), would that help him?
4 from fear your to rebuke you to come (in): come with you in/on/with justice: judgement
“Is it because you have an awesome respect for God that he punishes you? Is that the reason that he puts you on trial?
5 not distress: evil your many and nothing end to/for iniquity: crime your
No, it certainly must be [RHQ] because you are extremely wicked. It must be that the evil things that you have done are so many that no one can count them!
6 for to pledge brother: male-sibling your for nothing and garment naked to strip
You must have lent money to others and wrongly forced them to give you things to guarantee that they would pay that money back to you; you must have taken all their clothes and left them with nothing to wear.
7 not water faint to water: drink and from hungry to withhold food: bread
You must not have given water to those who were thirsty, and you must have refused to give food to those who were hungry.
8 and man arm to/for him [the] land: country/planet and to lift: kindness face: kindness to dwell in/on/with her
Because you were very powerful, you [must have] taken over all the people’s land, and then, being very respected, you have begun to live on that land.
9 widow to send: depart emptily and arm orphan to crush
[When] widows [came to you for help], you [must have] sent [them] away without giving them anything, and you must have oppressed orphans.
10 upon so around you snare and to dismay you dread suddenly
Because of all that, now there are pits around you for you to fall into, and suddenly there are things that terrify you and cause you to tremble.
11 or darkness not to see: see and abundance water to cover you
[It is as though] it has become very dark, with the result that you cannot see anything, and [it is as though] [MET] a flood covers you.
12 not god height heaven and to see: behold! head: top star for to exalt
“[But consider this, Job]: God lives [RHQ] high up in the heavens. From there he [RHQ] looks down on the highest stars.
13 and to say what? to know God about/through/for cloud to judge
So why do you say, ‘What does God know [about what we are doing]? [He is hidden from us by] dark clouds, so ([how] can he judge us?/he certainly cannot judge us.) [RHQ]’
14 cloud secrecy to/for him and not to see: see and circle heaven to go: walk
[Do you think that] while he walks on the dome that covers the sky, there are thick clouds around him, with the result that he cannot see [what we do]?
15 way forever: antiquity to keep: obey which to tread man evil: wickedness
Will you continue to conduct your life the old way that evil people have done [for many years]?
16 which to seize and not time river to pour: pour foundation their
They suddenly died while they were still young; they disappeared [like everything disappears when there is] a flood [MET].
17 [the] to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and what? to work Almighty to/for them
They kept saying to God, ‘Do not bother us,’ and they also said [defiantly], ‘Almighty [God] can do nothing [RHQ] to [harm] us!’
18 and he/she/it to fill house: home their good and counsel wicked to remove from me
But it was God who filled their houses with good things, so I cannot at all understand why wicked people think like they do.
19 to see: see righteous and to rejoice and innocent to mock to/for them
“But when God punishes wicked people, and righteous people see that, they are glad, and they laugh, ridiculing the wicked people.
20 if: surely yes not to hide adversary our and remainder their to eat fire
They say, ‘Now our enemies have been destroyed, and all [their possessions] that were left have been burned in a fire.’
21 be useful please with him and to ally in/on/with them to come (in): come you welfare
“So, [Job, ] be reconciled to God and make peace with him; if you do that, good things will happen to you.
22 to take: recieve please from lip his instruction and to set: put word his in/on/with heart your
Allow him to teach you, and keep thinking about what he has told you.
23 if to return: return till Almighty to build to remove injustice from tent your
If you humble yourself and return to God, if you stop doing all the evil things that you have been doing in your house,
24 and to set: put upon dust gold and in/on/with rock torrent: river Ophir
if you throw away your gold, even the fine gold from the dry stream beds in Ophir [land],
25 and to be Almighty gold your and silver: money peak to/for you
and if you allow Almighty [God] to be [as precious to you as] your gold and your silver [have been],
26 for then upon Almighty to delight and to lift: kindness to(wards) god face your
you will be happy because of your close relationship with God, and you will be able to approach him [IDM] [confidently].
27 to pray to(wards) him and to hear: hear you and vow your to complete
You will pray to him, and he will do what you request him to do; you will do the things that you promised him that you would do.
28 and to cut word and to arise: establish to/for you and upon way: conduct your to shine light
Everything that you decide to do will be successful; [it] will [be as though] a light [is] shining on the road in front of you.
29 for to abase and to say pride and lowly eye to save
God humbles those who are proud, but he saves those who are downcast/discouraged.
30 to escape not innocent and to escape in/on/with cleanness palm your
God rescues those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), so he will rescue you if you (start doing things that are right/are not guilty [IDM] of doing things that are wrong).”

< Job 22 >