Darby - Job - 22

22:1  And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

22:2  Can a man be profitable toGod? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

22:3  Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

22:4  Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

22:5  Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?

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

22:7  Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

22:8  But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

22:9  Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

22:10  Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

22:11  Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

22:12  Is notGod in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!

22:13  And thou sayest, What dothGod know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

22:14  Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.

22:15  Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?

22:16  Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;

22:17  Who said untoGod, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?

22:18  Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

22:19  The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:

22:20  Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

22:21  Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

22:22  Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

22:23  If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

22:24  And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

22:25  Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

22:26  Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face untoGod:

22:27  Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

22:28  And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

22:29  When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

22:30  [Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.