Job 22

1Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:

1And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

2Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?

2Can a man be profitable toGod? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

3What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?

3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

4Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:

4Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

5And not for thy manifold wickedness and thy infinite iniquities?

5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?

6For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.

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7Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.

7Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

8In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.

8But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.

9Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.

10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

11And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

11Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

12Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?

12Is notGod in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!

13And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

13And thou sayest, What dothGod know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

14The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.

14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.

15Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have spurned?

15Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?

16Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.

16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;

17Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

17Who said untoGod, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?

18Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.

18Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

19The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:

20Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them?

20Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

21Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.

21Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

22Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

23If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.

23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

24He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.

24And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

25And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.

25Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

26Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

26Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face untoGod:

27Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.

27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

28Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.

28And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

29For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.

29When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

30The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands.

30[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.