Job Chapter 22 of 42 about 2 min read

Job 22

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Verse 1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Verse 2. “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

Verse 3. Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

Verse 4. Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

Verse 5. Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

Verse 6. For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

Verse 7. You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

Verse 8. while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

Verse 9. You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Verse 10. Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

Verse 11. it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Verse 12. Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

Verse 13. Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

Verse 14. Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’

Verse 15. Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

Verse 16. They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

Verse 17. They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

Verse 18. But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Verse 19. The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

Verse 20. ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’

Verse 21. Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

Verse 22. Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

Verse 23. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

Verse 24. and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

Verse 25. then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

Verse 26. Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

Verse 27. You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

Verse 28. Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

Verse 29. When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

Verse 30. He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”