Job 22
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- 1And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
- 2Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
- 3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [supplied: to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- 4Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
- 5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
- 6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
- 7Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
- 8But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
- 9Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- 10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
- 11Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
- 12Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
- 13And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
- 14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
- 15Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
- 16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
- 17Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
- 18Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- 19The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
- 20Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
- 21Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
- 22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
- 23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
- 24And put the precious ore with the dust, and [supplied: the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
- 25Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
- 26Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:
- 27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
- 28And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
- 29When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
- 30[supplied: Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
Words in italics were supplied by the translators.
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