Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
2 Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?
3 [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright?
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement?
5 [Is] not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?
Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.
To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
10 Therefore snares [are] around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shall suddenly trouble thee:
11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.
12 [Is] not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
16 Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!
Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
17 Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!
Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent deride them.
The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne.
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.
21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.
23 If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
29 When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.
When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
