Job 22 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job

Job 22:1

Job 22:1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable unto God?

Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

Job 22:3

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?

Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Job 22:4

Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee,

That he entereth with thee into judgment?

Job 22:5

Is not thy wickedness great?

Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

Job 22:6

For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought,

And stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 22:7

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,

And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Job 22:8

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;

And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

Job 22:9

Thou hast sent widows away empty,

And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 22:10

Therefore snares are round about thee,

And sudden fear troubleth thee,

Job 22:11

Or darkness, so that thou canst not see,

And abundance of waters cover thee.

Job 22:12

Is not God in the height of heaven?

And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Job 22:13

And thou sayest, What doth God know?

Can he judge through the thick darkness?

Job 22:14

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not;

And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

Job 22:15

Wilt thou keep the old way

Which wicked men have trodden?

Job 22:16

Who were snatched away before their time,

Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

Job 22:17

Who said unto God, Depart from us;

And, What can the Almighty do for us?

Job 22:18

Yet he filled their houses with good things:

But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:19

The righteous see it, and are glad;

And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

Job 22:20

Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off,

And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

Job 22:21

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:

Thereby good shall come unto thee.

Job 22:22

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,

And lay up his words in thy heart.

Job 22:23

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,

If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

Job 22:24

And lay thou thy treasure in the dust,

And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

Job 22:25

And the Almighty will be thy treasure,

And precious silver unto thee.

Job 22:26

For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty,

And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Job 22:27

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee;

And thou shalt pay thy vows.

Job 22:28

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee;

And light shall shine upon thy ways.

Job 22:29

When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up;

And the humble person he will save.

Job 22:30

He will deliver even him that is not innocent:

Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Job 22 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job

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