22Job 22

CHAP. XXII. / 1 Eliphaz sheweth that mans goodnesse profiteth not God. 5 Hee accuseth Iob of diuers sinnes. 21 He exhorteth him to repentance, with pormises of mercy.

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,Select Job 22:1

2Can a man be profitable vnto God? as hee that is wise may be profitable vnto himselfe.Select Job 22:2

3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gaine to him, that thou makest thy waies perfite?Select Job 22:3

4Will hee reproue thee for feare of thee? will he enter with thee into iudgment?Select Job 22:4

5Is not thy wickednesse great? and thine iniquities infinite?Select Job 22:5

6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.Select Job 22:6

7Thou hast not giuen water to the wearie to drinke, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.Select Job 22:7

8But as for the mightie man, hee had the earth, and the honourable man dwelt in it.Select Job 22:8

9Thou hast sent widowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse haue bene broken.Select Job 22:9

10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden feare troubleth thee,Select Job 22:10

11Or darkenes that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters couer thee.Select Job 22:11

12Is not God in the height of heauen? and behold the height of the starres how high they are.Select Job 22:12

13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?Select Job 22:13

14Thicke cloudes are a couering to him that he seeth not, and hee walketh in the circuit of heauen.Select Job 22:14

15Hast thou marked the olde way which wicked men haue troden?Select Job 22:15

16Which were cut downe out of time, whose foundation was ouerflowen with a flood.Select Job 22:16

17Which said vnto God, Depart from vs, and what can the Almightie doe for them?Select Job 22:17

18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the wicked is farre from me.Select Job 22:18

19The righteous see it, and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorne.Select Job 22:19

20Whereas our substance is not cut downe, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.Select Job 22:20

21Acquaint now thy selfe with him, and be at peace: thereby good shal come vnto thee.Select Job 22:21

22Receiue, I pray thee, the Lawe from his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.Select Job 22:22

23If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be built vp, thou shalt put away iniquitie farre from thy tabernacles.Select Job 22:23

24Then shalt thou lay vp golde as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brookes.Select Job 22:24

25Yea the Almightie shall bee thy defence, and thou shalt haue plenty of siluer.Select Job 22:25

26For then shalt thou haue thy delight in the Almightie, and shalt lift vp thy face vnto God.Select Job 22:26

27Thou shalt make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt pay thy vowes.Select Job 22:27

28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shal be established vnto thee: and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.Select Job 22:28

29When men are cast downe, then thou shalt say, There is lifting vp: and he shall saue the humble person.Select Job 22:29

30He shall deliuer the Iland of the innocent: and it is deliuered by the purenesse of thine hands.Select Job 22:30