Job 22:1-11

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2Can a man be of any use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to him?

3Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous? Does he profit if you perfect your behavior?

4Does he correct you and take you to court because of your piety?

5Isn’t your wickedness abundant and aren’t your iniquities endless?

6For you took collateral from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.

7You gave no water to the thirsty and withheld food from the famished,

8while the land belonged to a powerful man and an influential man lived on it.

9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden dread terrifies you,

11or darkness, so you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.