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Job 22:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

Job 22:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Job 22:2

"Can a strong man be of use to God, Or a wise one be useful to himself?

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

Job 22:3

"Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, Or gain if you make your ways blameless?

Job 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?

Job 22:4

"Is it because of your reverence that He punishes you, That He enters into judgment against you?

Job 22:4

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

Job 22:5

"Is your wickedness not abundant, And is there no end to your guilty deeds?

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Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

Job 22:6

"For you have seized pledges from your brothers without cause, And stripped people naked.

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For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 22:7

"You have given the weary no water to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.

Job 22:7

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Job 22:8

"But the earth belongs to the powerful man, And the one who is honorable dwells on it.

Job 22:8

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

Job 22:9

"You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of orphans has been crushed.

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Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 22:10

"Therefore traps surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you,

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Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

Job 22:11

Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And a flood of water covers you.

Job 22:11

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

Job 22:12

"Is God not in the height of heaven? Look also at the highest stars, how high they are!

Job 22:12

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Job 22:13

"But you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness?

Job 22:13

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

Job 22:14

'Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.'

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Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

Job 22:15

"Will you keep to the ancient path Which wicked people have walked,

Job 22:15

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

Job 22:16

Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river?

Job 22:16

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

Job 22:17

"They said to God, 'Go away from us!' And 'What can the Almighty do to them?'

Job 22:17

Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

Job 22:18

"Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the advice of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:18

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:19

"The righteous see and are glad, And the innocent mock them, saying,

Job 22:19

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Job 22:20

'Truly our enemies are eliminated, And fire has consumed their abundance.'

Job 22:20

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

Job 22:21

"Be reconciled with Him, and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you.

Job 22:21

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

Job 22:22

"Please receive instruction from His mouth, And put His words in your heart.

Job 22:22

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Job 22:23

"If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove injustice far from your tent,

Job 22:23

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

Job 22:24

And put your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

Job 22:24

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

Job 22:25

Then the Almighty will be your gold And abundant silver to you.

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Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

Job 22:26

"For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty And lift up your face to God.

Job 22:26

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Job 22:27

"You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; And you will pay your vows.

Job 22:27

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

Job 22:28

"You will also decide something, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways.

Job 22:28

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Job 22:29

"When they have brought you low, you will speak with confidence, And He will save the humble person.

Job 22:29

When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

Job 22:30

"He will rescue one who is not innocent, And he will be rescued due to the cleanness of your hands."

Job 22:30

He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

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