Job 22 — GNB
22Verse 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:Verse 2Can a man, then, profit God? Behold, the wise man profiteth himself.Verse 3Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous; Or a gain to him, that thou walkest uprightly?Verse 4Will he contend with thee because he feareth thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?Verse 5Hath not thy wickedness been great? Have not thine iniquities been numberless?Verse 6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother unjustly, And stripped the poor of their clothing.Verse 7Thou hast given the weary no water to drink, And withholden bread from the hungry.Verse 8But the man of power, his was the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it.Verse 9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And broken the arms of the fatherless.Verse 10Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear confoundeth thee;Verse 11Or darkness, through which thou canst not see, And floods of water cover thee.Verse 12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the stars, how high they are!Verse 13Hence thou sayest, “What doth God know? Can he govern behind the thick darkness?Verse 14Dark clouds are a veil to him, and he cannot see; And he walketh upon the arch of heaven.”Verse 15Wilt thou take the old way Which wicked men have trodden,Verse 16Who were cut down before their time, And whose foundations were swept away by a flood?Verse 17Who said unto God, “Depart from us!” And, “What can the Almighty do to us?”Verse 18And yet he filled their houses with good things!—Far from me be the counsel of the wicked!Verse 19The righteous see their fate, and rejoice; And the innocent hold them in derision.Verse 20“Truly our adversary is destroyed, And fire hath consumed his abundance!”Verse 21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thus shall prosperity return to 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 put away iniquity from thy tent.Verse 24Cast to the dust thy gold, And the gold of Ophir to the stones of the brook:Verse 25Then shall the Almighty be thy gold, Yea, treasures of silver unto thee;Verse 26For then shalt thou have delight in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.Verse 27Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee, And thou shalt perform thy vows.Verse 28The purpose which thou formest shall prosper with thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways.Verse 29When men are cast down, thou shalt say, “There lifting up!” And the humble person he will save.Verse 30He will deliver even him that is not innocent. The purity of thy hands shall save him.