Job 22 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 22

Then Eliphaz

the Temanite

replied:

“Can a man

be of use

to God?

Can even

a wise man

benefit

Him?

Does it delight

the Almighty

that

you are righteous?

Does He profit

if

your ways

are blameless?

Is it for your reverence

that He rebukes you

and enters

into judgment

against you?

Is not

your wickedness

great?

Are not your iniquities

endless?

For

you demanded security

from your brothers

without cause,

stripping off

their clothes

and leaving them naked.

You gave

no

water

to the weary

and withheld

food

from the famished,

while the land

belonged to a mighty

man,

and a man

of honor

lived

on it.

You sent widows

away

empty-handed,

and the strength

of the fatherless

was crushed.

Therefore

snares

surround you,

and sudden

peril

terrifies you;

it is so dark

you cannot

see,

and a flood

of water

covers you.

Is not

God

as high

as the heavens?

Look at

the highest

stars,

how

lofty they are!

Yet you say:

‘What

does God

know?

Does He judge

through

thick darkness?

Clouds

veil

Him

so that He cannot

see,

as He traverses

heaven's

horizon.’

Will you stay

on the ancient

path

that

wicked

men

have trod?

They

were snatched away

before

their time,

and their foundations

were swept away

by a river.

They said

to God,

‘Depart

from us.

What

can the Almighty

do to us?’

But it was He

who filled

their houses

with good things;

so I stay far

from the counsel

of the wicked.

The righteous

see it

and are glad;

the innocent

mock them, saying,

‘Surely

our foes

are destroyed,

and fire

has consumed

their excess.’

Reconcile

now

and be at peace

with Him;

thereby

good

will come to you.

Receive

instruction

from His mouth,

and lay up

His words

in your heart.

If

you return

to

the Almighty,

you will be restored.

If you remove

injustice

from your tents

and consign

your gold

to

the dust

and the gold of Ophir

to the stones

of the ravines,

then the Almighty

will be

your gold

and the finest

silver

for you.

Surely

then

you will delight

in

the Almighty

and lift up

your face

to

God.

You will pray

to Him,

and He will hear you,

and you will fulfill

your vows.

Your decisions

will be carried out,

and light

will shine

on

your ways.

When

men are brought low

and you say,

‘Lift them up,’

then He will save

the lowly.

He will deliver even

the guilty

one,

who will be rescued

through the purity

of your hands.”

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