1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, WEB — Job 22:1
2 “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. WEB — Job 22:2
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect? WEB — Job 22:3
4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment? WEB — Job 22:4
5 Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities. WEB — Job 22:5
6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing. WEB — Job 22:6
7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry. WEB — Job 22:7
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it. WEB — Job 22:8
9 You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. WEB — Job 22:9
10 Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you, WEB — Job 22:10
11 Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you. WEB — Job 22:11
12 “Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are! WEB — Job 22:12
13 You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? WEB — Job 22:13
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’ WEB — Job 22:14
15 Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden, WEB — Job 22:15
16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream, WEB — Job 22:16
17 Who said to God, ‘Depart from us;’ And, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’ WEB — Job 22:17
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. WEB — Job 22:18
19 The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent laugh them to scorn, WEB — Job 22:19
20 Saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.’ WEB — Job 22:20
21 “Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you. WEB — Job 22:21
22 Please receive the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart. WEB — Job 22:22
23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents. WEB — Job 22:23
24 Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks. WEB — Job 22:24
25 The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you. WEB — Job 22:25
26 For then shall you delight yourself in the Almighty, And shall lift up your face to God. WEB — Job 22:26
27 You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows. WEB — Job 22:27
28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways. WEB — Job 22:28
29 When they cast down, you shall say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person. WEB — Job 22:29
30 He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.” WEB — Job 22:30