Job 22
1 and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2 to/for God be useful great man for be useful upon them be prudent
“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 pleasure to/for Almighty for to justify and if unjust-gain for to finish way: conduct your
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
4 from fear your to rebuke you to come (in): come with you in/on/with justice: judgement
Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgement?
5 not distress: evil your many and nothing end to/for iniquity: crime your
Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
6 for to pledge brother: male-sibling your for nothing and garment naked to strip
For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 not water faint to water: drink and from hungry to withhold food: bread
You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8 and man arm to/for him [the] land: country/planet and to lift: kindness face: kindness to dwell in/on/with her
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honourable man, he lived in it.
9 widow to send: depart emptily and arm orphan to crush
You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 upon so around you snare and to dismay you dread suddenly
Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
11 or darkness not to see: see and abundance water to cover you
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
12 not god height heaven and to see: behold! head: top star for to exalt
“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 and to say what? to know God about/through/for cloud to judge
You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 cloud secrecy to/for him and not to see: see and circle heaven to go: walk
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
15 way forever: antiquity to keep: obey which to tread man evil: wickedness
Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
16 which to seize and not time river to pour: pour foundation their
who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17 [the] to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and what? to work Almighty to/for them
who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
18 and he/she/it to fill house: home their good and counsel wicked to remove from me
Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 to see: see righteous and to rejoice and innocent to mock to/for them
The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
20 if: surely yes not to hide adversary our and remainder their to eat fire
saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
21 be useful please with him and to ally in/on/with them to come (in): come you welfare
“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
22 to take: recieve please from lip his instruction and to set: put word his in/on/with heart your
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23 if to return: return till Almighty to build to remove injustice from tent your
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
24 and to set: put upon dust gold and in/on/with rock torrent: river Ophir
Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir amongst the stones of the brooks.
25 and to be Almighty gold your and silver: money peak to/for you
The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
26 for then upon Almighty to delight and to lift: kindness to(wards) god face your
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
27 to pray to(wards) him and to hear: hear you and vow your to complete
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
28 and to cut word and to arise: establish to/for you and upon way: conduct your to shine light
You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
29 for to abase and to say pride and lowly eye to save
When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
30 to escape not innocent and to escape in/on/with cleanness palm your
He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
