Job 22
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1 Then Eliphaz the Themanite responded by saying:
2 Can man be compared with God, even if he were perfect in knowledge?
3 What advantage is it to God, if you were just? Or what do you provide for him, if your way should be immaculate?
4 Will he reprove you and take you to judgment for being afraid,
5 and not because of your many evil deeds and your infinite unfairness?
6 For you have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.
7 You have not given water to the weary; you have taken bread away from the hungry.
8 By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest.
9 You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans.
10 Because of this, you are surrounded by traps, and unexpected fears will disturb you.
11 And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the on-rush of overflowing waters?
12 Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars?
13 And you say: "Well, what does God know?" and, "He judges, as if through a fog,"
14 and, "The clouds are his hiding-place," and, "He does not examine us closely," and, "He makes his rounds at the limits of the heavens."
15 Do you not want to tend the path of the ages, which wicked men have spurned?
16 These were taken away before their time, and a flood overthrew their foundation.
17 They said to God, "Withdraw from us," and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,
18 though he had filled their houses with good things. May their way of thinking be far from me.
19 The just will see and will rejoice, and the innocent will mock them.
20 Has not their haughtiness been cut down, and has not fire devoured the remnants of them?
21 So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits.
22 Accept the law from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.
23 If you will return to the Almighty, you will be rebuilt, and you will put sinfulness far from your tabernacle.
24 He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone.
25 And the Almighty will be against your enemies, and silver will be gathered together for you.
26 Then will you flock together in delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.
27 You will plead with him, and he will listen to you, and you will pay your vows.
28 You will decide on something, and it will come to you, and the light will shine in your ways.
29 For he who had been humbled, will be in glory; and he who will lower his eyes, will be the one saved.
30 The innocent will be saved, and he will be saved with purity in his hands.
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Job 22
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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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