Job 22
Eliphaz Says Job Must Repent
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,2“Can a mighty man be of use to God,
Or an insightful man be useful to himself?
3“Is there any pleasure to ▼
▼Heb Shaddai
the Almighty if you are righteous,Or profit if you make your ways perfect?
4“Is it because of your reverent fear that He reproves you,
That He enters into judgment against you?
5“Is not your evil great,
And your iniquities without end?
6“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped the clothing of the naked.
7“To the weary you have given no water to drink,
And from the hungry you have withheld bread.
8“But the earth belongs to the mighty man,
And the ▼
▼Lit the one whose face is lifted up
highly respected man inhabits it.9“You have sent widows away empty,
And the ▼
▼Lit arms
might of the orphans has been crushed.10“Therefore snares surround you,
And sudden dread terrifies you,
11Or darkness, so that you cannot see,
And an abundance of water covers you.
12“Is not God in the height of heaven?
Look also at the ▼
▼Lit head, top-most
distant stars, how high they are!13“You say, ‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the dense gloom?
14‘Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;
And He walks on the ▼
▼Lit circle
vault of heaven.’15“Will you keep to the ancient path
Which wicked men have trod,
16Who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were ▼
▼Lit poured out
washed away by a river?17“They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can ▼
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the Almighty do to them?’18“Yet He filled their houses with good things,
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19“The righteous see and are glad,
And the innocent mock them,
20 Saying, ‘Truly those who rise against us are wiped out,
And their ▼
▼Or excess
abundance the fire has consumed.’21“ ▼
▼Or Make yourself useful, cf. Job 22:2
Yield now and be at peace with Him;Thereby good will come to you.
22“Please receive ▼
▼Or law
instruction from His mouthAnd set His words in your heart.
23“If you return to ▼
▼Heb Shaddai
the Almighty, you will be ▼▼Lit built up
restored;If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,
24And put your ▼
▼Lit ore
gold in the dust,And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
25Then ▼
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the Almighty will be your ▼▼Lit ore
goldAnd choice silver to you.
26“For then you will delight in ▼
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the AlmightyAnd lift up your face to God.
27“You will entreat Him, and He will hear you;
And you will pay your vows.
28“You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And light will shine on your ways.
29“When ▼
▼Lit they cast you down
some are cast down, you will speak with ▼▼Lit pride
confidence,And the ▼
▼Lit lowly of eyes
humble person He will save.30“He will provide escape for one who is not innocent,
And he will escape through the cleanness of your hands.”
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