Job 22

1And EliphazH464 the TemaniteH8489 answered and saidH559, 2Can a manH1397 be profitable to 1GodH410? surely it is unto himself that the wiseH7919 manH1397 is profitable. 3Is it any pleasureH2656 to the AlmightyH7706 if thou art righteousH6663? And is it gainH1215 [to him] that thou makest thy waysH1870 perfect? 4Will he reason with thee for fearH3374 of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgmentH4941? 5Is not thy wickednessH7451 greatH7227? and thine iniquitiesH5771 without endH7093? 6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brotherH251 for nought, and strippedH6584 off the clothingH899 of the nakedH6174. 7Thou hast not givenH8248 waterH4325 to the fainting to drinkH8248, and thou hast withholden breadH3899 from the hungryH7456. 8But the powerful manH376, he had the landH776; and the manH376 of high rank dweltH3427 in it. 9WidowsH490 hast thou sentH7971 emptyH7387 awayH7971, and the armsH2220 of the fatherlessH3490 have been broken. 10ThereforeH3651 snaresH6341 are roundH5439 about thee, and sudden fearH6343 troubleth thee; 11Or darknessH2822, that thou canst not seeH7200, and floods of watersH4325 coverH3680 thee. 12Is not 2GodH433 in the heightH1363 of the heavensH8064? And behold the summit of the starsH3556: how exaltedH7311 are they! 13And thou sayest, What doth 3GodH410 knowH3045? will he judgeH8199 through the dark cloud? 14Thick cloudsH5645 are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavensH8064. 15Dost thou mark the ancient pathH734 which wicked men have troddenH1869? 16Who were carried off before the timeH6256, whose foundationH3247 was overflowed with a flood; 17Who saidH559 unto 4GodH410, DepartH5493 from us! and what could the AlmightyH7706 do to them? 18Yet he filledH4390 their housesH1004 with goodH2896. But the counselH6098 of the wickedH7563 is farH7368 from me. 19The righteousH6662 seeH7200 it, and are gladH8055; and the innocentH5355 laugh them to scorn: 20Is not he who rose against us destroyedH3582, and doth not the fireH784 consumeH398 his residue? 21Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby goodH2896 shall comeH935 unto thee. 22ReceiveH3947, I pray thee, instructionH8451 from his mouthH6310, and lay up his wordsH561 in thy heartH3824. 23If thou returnH7725 to the AlmightyH7706, thou shalt be builtH1129 up. If thou removeH7368 unrighteousnessH5766 far from thy tentsH168, 24And putH7896 the precious ore with the dustH6083, and [the gold of] OphirH211 among the stones of the torrents, 25Then the AlmightyH7706 will beH1961 thy precious ore, and silverH3701 heaped up unto thee; 26Yea, thenH227 shalt thou delightH6026 thyself in the AlmightyH7706, and shalt liftH5375 up thy faceH6440 unto 5GodH433: 27Thou shalt makeH8085 thy prayer unto him, and he will hearH8085 thee, and thou shalt payH7999 thy vowsH5088; 28And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be establishedH6965 unto thee; and lightH216 shall shineH5050 upon thy waysH1870. 29When they are made lowH8213, then thou shalt sayH559, Rise up! and he shall saveH3467 him that is of downcast eyesH5869. 30[Even] him that is not innocentH5355 shall he deliverH4422; yea, he shall be deliveredH4422 by the pureness of thy handsH3709.