Job - Chapter 22 - King James 2000
- Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
- Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
- Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways blameless?
- Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?
- Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities without end?
- For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
- But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
- You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;
- Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.
- Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
- And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
- Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circle of heaven.
- Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
- Who were cut down before their time, whose foundation was swept away with a flood:
- Who said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do to us?
- Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
- Surely our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
- Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you.
- Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
- If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tents.
- Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
- Yea, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.
- For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God.
- You shall make your prayer unto him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
- You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you: and the light shall shine upon your ways.
- When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
- He shall deliver the innocent man: and he is delivered by the pureness of your hands.