< Job 22 >

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —
and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say
2 To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?
to/for God be useful great man for be useful upon them be prudent
3 Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?
pleasure to/for Almighty for to justify and if unjust-gain for to finish way: conduct your
4 Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:
from fear your to rebuke you to come (in): come with you in/on/with justice: judgement
5 Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.
not distress: evil your many and nothing end to/for iniquity: crime your
6 For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
for to pledge brother: male-sibling your for nothing and garment naked to strip
7 Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
not water faint to water: drink and from hungry to withhold food: bread
8 As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth in it.
and man arm to/for him [the] land: country/planet and to lift: kindness face: kindness to dwell in/on/with her
9 Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
widow to send: depart emptily and arm orphan to crush
10 Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
upon so around you snare and to dismay you dread suddenly
11 Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
or darkness not to see: see and abundance water to cover you
12 Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
not god height heaven and to see: behold! head: top star for to exalt
13 And thou hast said, 'What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
and to say what? to know God about/through/for cloud to judge
14 Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
cloud secrecy to/for him and not to see: see and circle heaven to go: walk
15 The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
way forever: antiquity to keep: obey which to tread man evil: wickedness
16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.
which to seize and not time river to pour: pour foundation their
17 Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?
[the] to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and what? to work Almighty to/for them
18 And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
and he/she/it to fill house: home their good and counsel wicked to remove from me
19 See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
to see: see righteous and to rejoice and innocent to mock to/for them
20 'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
if: surely yes not to hide adversary our and remainder their to eat fire
21 Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.
be useful please with him and to ally in/on/with them to come (in): come you welfare
22 Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.
to take: recieve please from lip his instruction and to set: put word his in/on/with heart your
23 If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
if to return: return till Almighty to build to remove injustice from tent your
24 So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
and to set: put upon dust gold and in/on/with rock torrent: river Ophir
25 And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.
and to be Almighty gold your and silver: money peak to/for you
26 For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,
for then upon Almighty to delight and to lift: kindness to(wards) god face your
27 Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
to pray to(wards) him and to hear: hear you and vow your to complete
28 And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.
and to cut word and to arise: establish to/for you and upon way: conduct your to shine light
29 For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
for to abase and to say pride and lowly eye to save
30 He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.
to escape not innocent and to escape in/on/with cleanness palm your

< Job 22 >