22Job 22

1And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --Select Job 22:1

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

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

4Because of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:Select Job 22:4

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

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

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

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

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

10Therefore round about thee are snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.Select Job 22:10

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

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

13And thou hast said, `What--hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?Select Job 22:13

14Thick clouds are a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,Select Job 22:14

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

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

17Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?Select Job 22:17

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

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

20`Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'Select Job 22:20

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

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

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

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

25And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver is strength to thee.Select Job 22:25

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

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

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

29For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.Select Job 22:29

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