1833 Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB)

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 Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

 22:2 Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?

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

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

 22:5 [Is] not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?

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

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

 22:8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.

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

 22:10 Therefore snares [are] around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

 22:11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

 22:12 [Is] not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!

 22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

 22:14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

 22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

 22:16 Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!

 22:17 Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!

 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

 22:19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent deride them.

 22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

 22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.

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

 22:23 If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

 22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

 22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

 22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

 22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

 22:29 When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.

 22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.