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| Job 22:1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, | And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, |
| Job 22:2 | Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? | Can a man be profitable to ùGod? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable. |
| Job 22:3 | Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect? | Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect? |
| Job 22:4 | Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? | Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment? |
| Job 22:5 | Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? | Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end? |
| Job 22:6 | For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. | For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked. |
| Job 22:7 | Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. | Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. |
| Job 22:8 | But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. | But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it. |
| Job 22:9 | Thou has sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. | Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. |
| Job 22:10 | Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; | Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; |
| Job 22:11 | Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. | Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee. |
| Job 22:12 | Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! | Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they! |
| Job 22:13 | And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? | And thou sayest, What doth ùGod know? will he judge through the dark cloud? |
| Job 22:14 | Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. | Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens. |
| Job 22:15 | Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? | Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden? |
| Job 22:16 | Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: | Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood; |
| Job 22:17 | Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? | Who said unto ùGod, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? |
| Job 22:18 | Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
| Job 22:19 | The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. | The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn: |
| Job 22:20 | Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. | Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue? |
| Job 22:21 | Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. | Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. |
| Job 22:22 | Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. | Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. |
| Job 22:23 | If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. | If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents, |
| Job 22:24 | Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. | And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents, |
| Job 22:25 | Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. | Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee; |
| Job 22:26 | For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. | Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God: |
| Job 22:27 | Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. | Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows; |
| Job 22:28 | Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. | And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways. |
| Job 22:29 | When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. | When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes. |
| Job 22:30 | He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. | [Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands. |
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