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Job 22

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
3Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
4Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
4Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
5Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
5Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
7You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
7You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
8while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
9You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
11or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
11it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
14Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
15Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
15Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
16who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
17who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
17They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
18Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
18But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
19The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
20saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
20‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
21“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
22Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
22Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
25The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
25then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
26Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
28You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
29When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
29When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
30He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
30He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”