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Job 22

¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

²"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

³Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

⁴Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?

⁵Isn`t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.

⁶For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

⁷You haven`t given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.

⁸But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

⁹You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

¹⁰Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,

¹¹Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.

¹²"Isn`t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

¹³You say, `What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

¹⁴Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn`t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.`

¹⁵Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,

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

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

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

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

²⁰Saying, `Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.`

²¹"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

²²Please receive the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart.

²³If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

²⁴Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

²⁵The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you.

²⁶For then shall you delight yourself in the Almighty, And shall lift up your face to God.

²⁷You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.

²⁸You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.

²⁹When they cast down, you shall say, `be lifted up.` He will save the humble person.

³⁰He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."

Job 22 (WEB)

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Job

Chapter 22

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