Job 22

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —YLT — Job 22:1

2 To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?YLT — Job 22:2

3 Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?YLT — Job 22:3

4 Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:YLT — Job 22:4

5 Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.YLT — Job 22:5

6 For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.YLT — Job 22:6

7 Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.YLT — Job 22:7

8 As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth in it.YLT — Job 22:8

9 Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.YLT — Job 22:9

10 Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.YLT — Job 22:10

11 Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.YLT — Job 22:11

12 Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.YLT — Job 22:12

13 And thou hast said, ‘What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?YLT — Job 22:13

14 Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;’ And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,YLT — Job 22:14

15 The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?YLT — Job 22:15

16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.YLT — Job 22:16

17 Those saying to God, ‘Turn aside from us,’ And what doth the Mighty One to them?YLT — Job 22:17

18 And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)YLT — Job 22:18

19 See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,YLT — Job 22:19

20 ’Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.’YLT — Job 22:20

21 Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.YLT — Job 22:21

22 Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.YLT — Job 22:22

23 If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.YLT — Job 22:23

24 So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.YLT — Job 22:24

25 And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.YLT — Job 22:25

26 For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,YLT — Job 22:26

27 Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.YLT — Job 22:27

28 And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.YLT — Job 22:28

29 For they have made low, And thou sayest, ‘Lift up.’ And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.YLT — Job 22:29

30 He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.YLT — Job 22:30