1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)

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 ¶ Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:—

 22:2 Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself!

 22:3 Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways?

 22:4 Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment?

 22:5 ¶ Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, [are not] thine iniquities?

 22:6 Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

 22:7 No water—to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld bread:

 22:8 A man of might, to him, pertaineth the land, and, the favorite, dwelleth therein:

 22:9 Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.

 22:10 For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly;

 22:11 Or darkness—thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee.

 22:12 Is not, GOD, [in] the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.

 22:13 Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?

 22:14 Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?

 22:15 ¶ The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?

 22:16 Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?

 22:17 Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and—What can the Almighty do for himself?

 22:18 Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me:

 22:19 The righteous shall see and rejoice, and, the innocent, shall laugh them to scorn:

 22:20 If our assailants do not vanish, then, their abundance, a fire consumeth!

 22:21 ¶ Shew thyself to be one with him—I pray thee—and prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing.

 22:22 Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth—instruction,—and lay up his sayings in thy heart.

 22:23 If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,

 22:24 Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold:

 22:25 So shall, the Almighty, become, thy precious ores, yea glittering silver unto thee!

 22:26 For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up—unto GOD—thy face;

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

 22:28 And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light;

 22:29 When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save;

 22:30 He shall deliver the innocent, and thou shalt escape by the pureness of thy hands.