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| Job 22:1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, | And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, | Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said: | Then Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said, |
| Job 22:2 | "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. | Can a man be profitable to ùGod? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable. | Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge? | Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself. |
| Job 22:3 | Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your 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? | What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted? | Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin? |
| Job 22:4 | Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment? | Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment? | Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment: | Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you? |
| Job 22:5 | Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities. | Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end? | And not for thy manifold wickedness, and thy infinite iniquities? | Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins. |
| Job 22:6 | For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, 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. | For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing. | For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it. |
| Job 22:7 | You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry. | Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. | Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry. | You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread. |
| Job 22:8 | But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it. | But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it. | In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it. | For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it. |
| Job 22:9 | You have 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. | Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces. | You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father. |
| Job 22:10 | Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you, | Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; | Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee. | For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear. |
| Job 22:11 | Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you. | Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee. | And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters? | Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters. |
| Job 22:12 | "Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See 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! | Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars? | Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are! |
| Job 22:13 | You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? | And thou sayest, What doth ùGod know? will he judge through the dark cloud? | And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist. | And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark? |
| Job 22:14 | Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.' | Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens. | The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven. | Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven. |
| Job 22:15 | Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden, | Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden? | Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden? | Will you keep the old way by which evil men went? |
| Job 22:16 | Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream, | Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood; | Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation. | Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters: |
| Job 22:17 | Who said to God, 'Depart from us;' And, 'What can the Almighty do for us?' | Who said unto ùGod, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? | Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing: | Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us? |
| 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. | Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me. | Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me! |
| Job 22:19 | The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent laugh them to scorn, | The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn: | The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn. | The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them, |
| Job 22:20 | Saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.' | Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue? | Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them? | Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire. |
| Job 22:21 | "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you. | Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. | Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits. | Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings. |
| Job 22:22 | Please receive the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart. | Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. | Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. | Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart. |
| Job 22:23 | If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents. | If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents, | If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle. | If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents; |
| Job 22:24 | Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks. | And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents, | He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold. | And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys; |
| Job 22:25 | The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you. | Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee; | And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee. | Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver; |
| Job 22:26 | For then shall you delight yourself in the Almighty, And shall lift up your face to God. | Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God: | Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God. | For then you will have delight in the Ruler of all, and your face will be lifted up to God. |
| Job 22:27 | You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows. | Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows; | Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows. | You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths. |
| Job 22:28 | You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways. | And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways. | Thou shalt decree a thing, and it I shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways. | Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways. |
| Job 22:29 | When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' He will 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. | For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved. | For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit. |
| Job 22:30 | He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." | [Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands. | The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands. | He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours. |
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