Job 22

Revised Geneva Translation

22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

² “May a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?

³ “Is it anything to the Almighty if you are righteous? Or is it profitable if you make your ways upright?

⁴ “Is it because of your fear that He rebukes you, or goes with you into judgment?

⁵ “Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquities innumerable?

⁶ “For you have taken the pledge from your brother for nothing, and spoiled the clothes of the naked.

⁷ “To such as were weary, you have not given water to drink. And you have withdrawn bread from the hungry.

⁸ “But the mighty man had the Earth. And he who was in authority dwelt in it.

⁹ “You have cast out widows empty, and the arms of the fatherless were broken.

¹⁰ “Therefore snares are all around you, and fear shall suddenly trouble you,

¹¹ “or darkness, so that you should not see. And abundance of waters shall cover you.

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

¹³ “But you say, ‘How should God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?

¹⁴ ‘The clouds hide Him so that He cannot see, and He walks in the circle of Heaven.’

¹⁵ “Have you marked the way of the world, wherein wicked men have walked?

¹⁶ “Who were cut down before their time? Whose foundation was as a river that overflowed?

¹⁷ “Who said to God, ‘Depart from us,’ and asked what the Almighty could do for them?

¹⁸ “Yet He filled their houses with good things. But let the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

¹⁹ “The righteous shall see them and shall rejoice and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

²⁰ “Surely our substance is hidden. But the fire has devoured the remnant of them.

²¹ “Therefore, please acquaint yourself with Him and make peace. Thereby you shall have prosperity.

²² “Please receive the Law of His Mouth and lay up His Words in your heart.

²³ “If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up. You shall put iniquity far from your tabernacle.

²⁴ “You shall lay up gold for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flints of the rivers.

²⁵ “Yea, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.

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

²⁷ “You shall make your prayer to Him, and He shall hear you. And you shall render your vows.

²⁸ “You shall also decree a thing, and He shall establish it to you. And the light shall shine upon your ways.

²⁹ “When others are cast down, then shall you say, ‘I am lifted up,’ and God shall save the humble person.

³⁰ “The innocent shall deliver the island, and it shall be preserved by the pureness of your hands.”