Job 22 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

² Can a man be profitable unto God?\par\tab Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?\par\tab Or is it gain {\i to him}, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

⁴ Is it for thy fear {\i of him} that he reproveth thee,\par\tab That he entereth with thee into judgment?

⁵ Is not thy wickedness great?\par\tab Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

⁶ For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought,\par\tab And stripped the naked of their clothing.

⁷ Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,\par\tab And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;\par\tab And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

⁹ Thou hast sent widows away empty,\par\tab And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

¹⁰ Therefore snares are round about thee,\par\tab And sudden fear troubleth thee,

¹¹ Or darkness, so that thou canst not see,\par\tab And abundance of waters cover thee.\par

¹² Is not God in the height of heaven?\par\tab And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

¹³ And thou sayest, What doth God know?\par\tab Can he judge through the thick darkness?

¹⁴ Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not;\par\tab And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

¹⁵ Wilt thou keep the old way\par\tab Which wicked men have trodden?

¹⁶ Who were snatched away before their time,\par\tab Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

¹⁷ Who said unto God, Depart from us;\par\tab And, What can the Almighty do for us?

¹⁸ Yet he filled their houses with good things:\par\tab But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁹ The righteous see it, and are glad;\par\tab And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

²⁰ {\i Saying}, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off,\par\tab And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.\par

²¹ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:\par\tab Thereby good shall come unto thee.

²² Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,\par\tab And lay up his words in thy heart.

²³ If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,\par\tab If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

²⁴ And lay thou {\i thy} treasure in the dust,\par\tab And {\i the gold of} Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

²⁵ And the Almighty will be thy treasure,\par\tab And precious silver unto thee.

²⁶ For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty,\par\tab And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

²⁷ Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee;\par\tab And thou shalt pay thy vows.

²⁸ Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee;\par\tab And light shall shine upon thy ways.

²⁹ When they cast {\i thee} down, thou shalt say, {\i There is} lifting up;\par\tab And the humble person he will save.

³⁰ He will deliver {\i even} him that is not innocent:\par\tab Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.\par