Job 22
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
2 To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?
May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?
3 Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?
Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright?
4 Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth 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 abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.
Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
6 For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
7 Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
8 As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth in it.
But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.
9 Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
10 Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shall suddenly trouble thee:
11 Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.
12 Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
13 And thou hast said, 'What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
14 Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
15 The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.
Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
17 Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?
Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
18 And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
19 See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne.
20 'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.
21 Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.
Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
22 Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.
Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.
23 If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.
24 So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
25 And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.
Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
26 For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,
And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
27 Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.
28 And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
29 For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.
30 He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.
The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
