RWebster - Job - 22

22:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

22:2  Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?

22:3  Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

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

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

22:6  For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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

22:8  But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

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

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

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

22:12  Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

22:13  And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

22:14  Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

22:15  Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

22:16  Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:

22:17  Who said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

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

22:19  The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent mock them.

22:20  Though our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

22:21  Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.

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

22:23  If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tents.

22:24  Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

22:25  Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

22:26  For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

22:27  Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

22:28  Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

22:29  When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, Lift them up; and he shall save the humble person.

22:30  He shall deliver the isle of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.