Job 22

1 ♥ 📝 T hen answered^H6030 Eliphaz^H464 the Temanite,^H8489 and said,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 Can a man^H1397 be profitable^H5532 unto God?^H410 Surely^H3588 he that is wise^H7919 is profitable^H5532 unto himself.

3 ♥ 📝 Is it any pleasure^H2656 to the Almighty,^H7706 that thou art righteous?^H6663 Or is it gain^H1215 [to him], that thou makest thy ways^H1870 perfect?^H8552

4 ♥ 📝 Is it for thy fear^H3374 [of him] that he reproveth^H3198 thee, That he entereth^H935 with thee into judgment?^H4941

5 ♥ 📝 Is not thy wickedness^H7451 great?^H7227 Neither is there any end^H7093 to thine iniquities.^H5771

6 ♥ 📝 For thou hast taken pledges^H2254 of thy brother^H251 for nought,^H2600 And stripped^H6584 the naked^H6174 of their clothing.^H899

7 ♥ 📝 Thou hast not given water^H4325 to the weary^H5889 to drink,^H8248 And thou hast withholden^H4513 bread^H3899 from the hungry.^H7457

8 ♥ 📝 But as for the mighty^H2220 man,^H376 he had the earth;^H776 And the honorable man,^H5375 he dwelt^H3427 in it.

9 ♥ 📝 Thou hast sent^H7971 widows^H490 away empty,^H7387 And the arms^H2220 of the fatherless^H3490 have been broken.^H1792

10 ♥ 📝 Therefore snares^H6341 are round about^H5439 thee, And sudden^H6597 fear^H6343 troubleth^H926 thee,

11 ♥ 📝 Or darkness,^H2822 so that thou canst not see,^H7200 And abundance^H8229 of waters^H4325 cover^H3680 thee.

12 ♥ 📝 Is not God^H433 in the height^H1363 of heaven?^H8064 And behold^H7200 the height^H7218 of the stars,^H3556 how high^H7311 they are!

13 ♥ 📝 And thou sayest,^H559 What doth God^H410 know?^H3045 Can he judge^H8199 through the thick darkness?^H6205

14 ♥ 📝 Thick clouds^H5645 are a covering^H5643 to him, so that he seeth^H7200 not; And he walketh^H1980 on the vault^H2329 of heaven.^H8064

15 ♥ 📝 Wilt thou keep^H8104 the old^H5769 way^H734 Which wicked^H205 men^H4962 have trodden?^H1869

16 ♥ 📝 Who were snatched away^H7059 before their time,^H6256 Whose foundation^H3247 was poured^H3332 out as a stream,^H5104

17 ♥ 📝 Who said^H559 unto God,^H410 Depart^H5493 from us; And, What can the Almighty^H7706 do^H6466 for us?

18 ♥ 📝 Yet he filled^H4390 their houses^H1004 with good^H2896 things: But the counsel^H6098 of the wicked^H7563 is far^H7368 from me.

19 ♥ 📝 The righteous^H6662 see^H7200 it, and are glad;^H8055 And the innocent^H5355 laugh them to scorn,^H3932

20 ♥ 📝 [ Saying], Surely^H518 they that did rise up against^H7009 us are cut off,^H3582 And the remnant^H3499 of them the fire^H784 hath consumed.^H398

21 ♥ 📝 Acquaint^H5532 now thyself with him, and be at peace:^H7999 Thereby good^H2896 shall come^H935 unto thee.

22 ♥ 📝 Receive,^H3947 I pray thee, the law^H8451 from his mouth,^H6310 And lay up^H7760 his words^H561 in thy heart.^H3824

23 ♥ 📝 If thou return^H7725 to the Almighty,^H7706 thou shalt be built up,^H1129 If thou put away^H7368 unrighteousness^H5766 far^H7368 from thy tents.^H168

24 ♥ 📝 And lay^H7896 thou [thy] treasure^H1220 in^H5921 the dust,^H6083 And [the gold of] Ophir^H211 among the stones^H6697 of the brooks;^H5158

25 ♥ 📝 And the Almighty^H7706 will be thy treasure,^H1220 And precious^H8443 silver^H3701 unto thee.

26 ♥ 📝 For then shalt thou delight^H6026 thyself in the Almighty,^H7706 And shalt lift up^H5375 thy face^H6440 unto God.^H433

27 ♥ 📝 Thou shalt make thy prayer^H6279 unto him, and he will hear^H8085 thee; And thou shalt pay^H7999 thy vows.^H5088

28 ♥ 📝 Thou shalt also decree^H1504 a thing,^H562 and it shall be established^H6965 unto thee; And light^H216 shall shine^H5050 upon thy ways.^H1870

29 ♥ 📝 When they cast [thee] down,^H8213 thou shalt say,^H559 [There is] lifting up;^H1466 And the humble^H7807 person^H5869 he will save.^H3467

30 ♥ 📝 He will deliver^H4422 [even] him^H336 that is not innocent:^H5355 Yea, he shall be delivered^H4422 through the cleanness^H1252 of thy hands.^H3709