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Job 22 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Job 22:1Then Elifaz the Temanite answered,
Job 22:2"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Job 22:3Is it any pleasure to Shaddai, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
Job 22:4Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?
Job 22:5Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
Job 22:6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 22:7You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
Job 22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the eretz. The honorable man, he lived in it.
Job 22:9You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 22:10Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,
Job 22:11Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
Job 22:12"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
Job 22:13You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
Job 22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
Job 22:15Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,
Job 22:16Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
Job 22:17Who said to God, 'Depart from us;' And, 'What can Shaddai do for us?'
Job 22:18Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 22:19The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent ridicule them,
Job 22:20Saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
Job 22:21"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at shalom. Thereby good shall come to you.
Job 22:22Please receive instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart.
Job 22:23If you return to Shaddai, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
Job 22:24Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ofir among the stones of the brooks.
Job 22:25The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you.
Job 22:26For then shall you delight yourself in Shaddai, And shall lift up your face to God.
Job 22:27You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
Job 22:28You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.
Job 22:29When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' He will save the humble person.
Job 22:30He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
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