Job 22
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| 1 | Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: |
| 2 | Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him? |
| 3 | Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless? |
| 4 | Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee, That He entereth with thee into judgment? |
| 5 | Is not thy wickedness great? And are not thine iniquities without end? |
| 6 | For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing. |
| 7 | Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. |
| 8 | And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, And as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it, |
| 9 | Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. |
| 10 | Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden dread affrighted thee, |
| 11 | Or darkness, that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee. |
| 12 | Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are! |
| 13 | And thou sayest: ‘What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud? |
| 14 | Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; And He walketh in the circuit of heaven.’ |
| 15 | Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden? |
| 16 | Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream; |
| 17 | Who said unto God: ‘Depart from us’; And what could the Almighty do unto them? |
| 18 | Yet He filled their houses with good things— But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
| 19 | The righteous saw it, and were glad, And the innocent laugh them to scorn: |
| 20 | ’Surely their substance is cut off, And their abundance the fire hath consumed.’ |
| 21 | Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; Thereby shall thine increase be good. |
| 22 | Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in thy heart. |
| 23 | If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up— If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents, |
| 24 | And lay thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks; |
| 25 | And the Almighty be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee; |
| 26 | Then surely shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God. |
| 27 | Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, And thou shalt pay thy vows; |
| 28 | Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways. |
| 29 | When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: ‘There is lifting up’; For the humble person He saveth. |
| 30 | He delivereth him that is innocent, Yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands. |