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