| 22 | Job | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Then Eli'phaz the Te'manite answered: | THE THIRD DIALOGUE. Jb.22.1-27.23. Eliphaz. Jb.22.1-30 | ||
| "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. | |||
| Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? | |||
| Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you, and enters into judgment with you? | |||
| Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities. | |||
| For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. | |||
| You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. | |||
| The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man dwelt in it. | |||
| You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed. | |||
| Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden terror overwhelms you; | |||
| your light is darkened, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. | |||
| "Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are! | |||
| Therefore you say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness? | |||
| Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.' | |||
| Will you keep to the old way which wicked men have trod? | |||
| They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away. | |||
| They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do to us?' | |||
| Yet he filled their houses with good things - but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | |||
| The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent laugh them to scorn, | |||
| saying, 'Surely our adversaries are cut off, and what they left the fire has consumed.' | |||
| "Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. | |||
| Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. | |||
| If you return to the Almighty and humble yourself, if you remove unrighteousness far from your tents, | |||
| if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent bed, | |||
| and if the Almighty is your gold, and your precious silver; | |||
| then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God. | |||
| You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; and you will pay your vows. | |||
| You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. | |||
| For God abases the proud, but he saves the lowly. | |||
| He delivers the innocent man; you will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." | |||
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