Job 22
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
2“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
2Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him?
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
3Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?
4Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
4Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee, that He entereth with thee into judgment?
5Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
5Is not thy wickedness great? And are not thine iniquities without end?
6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
8And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, and as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it,
9You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee,
11or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
11Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are!
13You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
13And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
14Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'
15Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
15Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
16Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream;
17who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
17Who said unto God: 'Depart from us'; and what could the Almighty do unto them?
18Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
18Yet He filled their houses with good things — but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
19The righteous saw it, and were glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
20saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
20'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath consumed.'
21“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
21Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby shall thine increase be good.
22Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in thy heart.
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up — if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents,
24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
24And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
25The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
25And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee;
26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
26Then surely shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
28You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, and light shall shine upon thy ways.
29When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
29When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up'; for the humble person He saveth.
30He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
30He delivereth him that is innocent, yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
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