Job 22
22
Eliphaz
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2“Can a man be of benefit to God?
Can even a wise person benefit him?
3What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?
What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
4“Is it for your piety that he rebukes you
and brings charges against you?
5Is not your wickedness great?
Are not your sins endless?
6You demanded security from your relatives for no reason;
you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.
7You gave no water to the weary
and you withheld food from the hungry,
8though you were a powerful man, owning land—
an honored man, living on it.
9And you sent widows away empty-handed
and broke the strength of the fatherless.
10That is why snares are all around you,
why sudden peril terrifies you,
11why it is so dark you cannot see,
and why a flood of water covers you.
12“Is not God in the heights of heaven?
And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13Yet you say, ‘What does God know?
Does he judge through such darkness?
14Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us
as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’
15Will you keep to the old path
that the wicked have trod?
16They were carried off before their time,
their foundations washed away by a flood.
17They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’
18Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.
19The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;
the innocent mock them, saying,
20‘Surely our foes are destroyed,
and fire devours their wealth.’
21“Submit to God and be at peace with him;
in this way prosperity will come to you.
22Accept instruction from his mouth
and lay up his words in your heart.
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:
If you remove wickedness far from your tent
24and assign your nuggets to the dust,
your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
25then the Almighty will be your gold,
the choicest silver for you.
26Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty
and will lift up your face to God.
27You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows.
28What you decide on will be done,
and light will shine on your ways.
29When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
then he will save the downcast.
30He will deliver even one who is not innocent,
who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
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Job 22
22
Job’s sins
1Then Eliphaz from Teman answered:
2Can a human being be useful to God?
Can an intelligent person bring profit?
3Does the Almighty delight in your innocence?
Does he gain when you perfect your ways?
4Does he rebuke you for your piety,
bring you in for judgment?
5Isn’t your wickedness massive,
your iniquity endless?
6You have taken payments from your family for no reason;
stripped the naked, leaving no clothes;
7denied water to the thirsty,
withheld bread from the starving.
(8The powerful own land;
the favored live in it.)
9You have sent widows away empty;
crushed orphans’ resources.
10For this reason, snares surround you;
sudden dread brings panic to you
11or a darkness that you can’t see;
rushing water will cover you.
God’s activity
12Isn’t God in the heights of heaven;
see how high the topmost stars are?
13You say: “What does God know?
Can he judge through thick clouds?
14Clouds conceal him so he can’t see
while he walks on heaven’s rim.”
15Will you keep the ancient way
traveled by sinful persons,
16who were snatched prematurely
when a river flooded their foundations,
17who say to God, “Turn away from us;
what can the Almighty do to us?”
18Yet he filled their houses with good things;
a sinner’s logic is beyond me.
19The righteous see and rejoice;
the innocent mock them:
20our enemies are certainly cut off;
fire will devour what’s left of them.
Turn to God
21Get along well with God and be at peace;
from this something good will come to you.
22Receive instruction from his mouth;
put his words in your mind.
23If you return to the Almighty, #22.23 Heb Shaddai or Mountain One; also in 22:25 and 24:1 you will be restored;
if you keep wrongdoing out of your tent.
24Lay your prized possession in the dust,
your gold from Ophir on a rock in a desert streambed.
25The Almighty will be your prized possession,
silver piled up for you.
26Then you will take pleasure in the Almighty;
lift up your face to God.
27You will pray to him, and he will hear you;
you will fulfill your solemn promises.
28If you decree something, it will stand;
light will shine on your ways.
29When they’re humbled, you will say: “Cheer up;
God will rescue the lowly.
30He will deliver the guilty;
they will be saved by your pure hands.”
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