1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures (DBY)

Job 22

1 Eliphaz sheweth that man's goodness profiteth not God. 5 He accuseth Job of divers sins. 21 He exhorteth him to repentance, with promises of mercy.

 22:1 ¶ And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

 22:2 Can a man be profitable to *God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

 22:4 Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

 22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?

 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

 22:7 Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

 22:8 But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

 22:9 Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

 22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

 22:12 Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!

 22:13 And thou sayest, What doth *God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

 22:14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.

 22:15 Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?

 22:16 Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;

 22:17 Who said unto *God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?

 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

 22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:

 22:20 Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

 22:21 Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

 22:22 Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

 22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

 22:24 And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

 22:25 Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

 22:26 Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:

 22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

 22:28 And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

 22:29 When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

 22:30 [Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.