Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
2 “Can a man be useful to God? Can a wise man be useful to him?
Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou are righteous? Or is it gain to him that thou make thy ways perfect?
4 Is it because of your reverence for him that he rebukes you and takes you to judgment?
Is it for thy fear of him that he reproves thee, that he enters with thee into judgment?
5 Is not your wickedness great? Is there no end to your iniquities?
Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
6 For you have demanded guarantee of a loan from your brother for no reason, and you have stripped away clothing from the naked.
For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You have not given water to weary people to drink; you have withheld bread from hungry people
Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry.
8 although you, a mighty man, possessed the earth, although you, an honored man, lived in it.
But as for the mighty man, he had the land. And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
9 You have sent widows away empty; the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Therefore, snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee,
11 There is darkness, so that you cannot see; an abundance of waters covers you.
or darkness, so that thou cannot see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
12 Is not God in the heights of heaven? Look at the height of the stars, how high they are!
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see us; he walks on the vault of heaven.'
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.
15 Will you keep the old way that wicked men have walked—
Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16 those who were snatched away before their time, those whose foundations have washed away like a river,
Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17 those who said to God, 'Depart from us'; those who said, 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things; the plans of wicked people are far from me.
Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 Righteous people see their fate and are glad; innocent people laugh them to scorn.
The righteous see it, and are glad. And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
20 They say, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off; fire has consumed their possessions.'
Saying, Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed.
21 Now agree with God and be at peace with him; in that way, good will come to you.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.
22 Receive, I beg you, instruction from his mouth; store up his words in your heart.
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put unrighteousness far away from your tents.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
24 Lay your treasure down in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25 and the Almighty will be your treasure, precious silver to you.
Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee.
26 For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty; you will lift up your face to God.
For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.
27 You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; you will pay your vows to him.
Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.
28 You will also decree anything, and it will be confirmed for you; light will shine on your paths.
Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 God humbles a proud man, and he saves the one with lowered eyes.
When they cast thee down, thou shall say, There is lifting up, and he will save the humble man.
30 He will rescue even the man who is not innocent; who will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.”
He will deliver even him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
