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Job 22

King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible

22:1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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22:2
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself (note: Or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?)?
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22:3
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
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22:4
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
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22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
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22:6
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing (note: Heb. stripped the clothes of the naked).
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22:7
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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22:8
But as for the mighty man (note: Heb. the man of arm), he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
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22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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22:10
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
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22:11
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
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22:12
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars (note: Heb. the head of the stars), how high they are!
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22:13
And thou sayest, How (note: Or, what) doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
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22:14
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
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22:15
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
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22:16
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
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22:17
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? (note: Or, to them)
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22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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22:19
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
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22:20
Whereas our substance (note: Or, estate) is not cut down, but the remnant (note: Or, their excellency) of them the fire consumeth.
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22:21
Acquaint now thyself with him (note: That is, with God), and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
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22:22
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
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22:23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
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22:24
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust (note: Or, on the dust), and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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22:25
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence (note: Or, gold), and thou shalt have plenty of silver (note: Heb. silver of strength).
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22:26
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
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22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
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22:28
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
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22:29
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person (note: Heb. him that hath low eyes).
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22:30
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
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