Job 22

1Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:

1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

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

2Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

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, that thou art righteous? Or is it gainto him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

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

4Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?

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

5Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

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

6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

7Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.

7Thou hast not given water to the weary 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 as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

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

9Thou hast sent widows away empty, 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, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

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

12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

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

13And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

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, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

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

15Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

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

16Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

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

17Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

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

18Yet he filled their houses with good things: 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?

20Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

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

21Acquaint now thyself 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, the law 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 put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

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

24And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, Andthe gold ofOphir among the stones of the brooks;

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

25And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.

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

26For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

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.

28Thou shalt also 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 casttheedown, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

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

30He will deliverevenhim that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.