22
Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite
1responded,
2 “Can a vigorous
Aman be of use to God,
Or a wise man be useful to himself?
3 “Is there any pleasure to
1the Almighty if you are righteous,
Or profit if you make your ways perfect?
4 “Is it because of your
1reverence that He reproves you,
That He
Aenters into judgment against you?
5 “Is not
Ayour wickedness great,
And your iniquities without end?
6 “For you have
Ataken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And
Bstripped
1men naked.
7 “To the weary you have
Agiven no water to drink,
And from the hungry you have
Bwithheld bread.
8 “But the earth
Abelongs to the
Bmighty man,
And
Cthe honorable man dwells in it.
9 “You have sent
Awidows away empty,
And the
1strength of the
Borphans has been crushed.
10 “Therefore
Asnares surround you,
And sudden
Bdread terrifies you,
11 Or
Adarkness, so that you cannot see,
And an
Babundance of water covers you.
12 “Is not God
Ain the height of heaven?
Look also at the
1distant stars, how high they are!
13 “You say, ‘
AWhat does God know?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?
14 ‘
AClouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;
And He walks on the
1vault of heaven.’
15 “Will you keep to the ancient path
Which
Awicked men have trod,
16 Who were snatched away
Abefore their time,
Whose
Bfoundations were
1washed away by a river?
17 “They
Asaid to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can
1the Almighty do to them?’
18 “Yet He
Afilled their houses with good
things; But
Bthe counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 “The
Arighteous see and are glad,
And the innocent mock them,
20 Saying, ‘Truly our adversaries are cut off,
And their
1abundance
Athe fire has consumed.’
21 “
1AYield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.
22 “Please receive
1Ainstruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart.
23 “If you
Areturn to
1the Almighty, you will be
2restored;
If you
Bremove unrighteousness far from your tent,
24 And
Aplace
your 1gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
25 Then
1the Almighty will be your
2gold
And choice silver to you.
26 “For then you will
Adelight in
1the Almighty
And lift up your face to God.
27 “You will
Apray to Him, and
BHe will hear you;
And you will pay your vows.
28 “You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And
Alight will shine on your ways.
29 “When
1you are cast down, you will speak with
2confidence,
And the
3Ahumble person He will save.
30 “He will deliver one who is not innocent,
And he will be
Adelivered through the cleanness of your hands.”