Job 22 - Meaning, Themes & Application

" Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, "

" Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable "

" Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? "

" Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? "

" Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? "

" For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. "

" Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. "

" But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt "

" Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. "

" Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth "

" Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover "

" Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high "

" And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? "

" Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. "

" Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? "

" Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: "

" Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do "

" Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far "

" The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. "

" Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. "

" Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come "

" Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. "

" If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. "

" Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. "

" Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. "

" For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. "

" Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. "

" Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. "

" When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. "

" He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. "