Job 22 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job

Job 22:1

Job 22:1And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

Job 22:2

Job 22:2To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?

Job 22:3

Job 22:3Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

Job 22:4

Job 22:4Because of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

Job 22:5

Job 22:5Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.

Job 22:6

Job 22:6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

Job 22:7

Job 22:7Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

Job 22:8

Job 22:8As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it.

Job 22:9

Job 22:9Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

Job 22:10

Job 22:10Therefore round about thee are snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.

Job 22:11

Job 22:11Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

Job 22:12

Job 22:12Is not God high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

Job 22:13

Job 22:13And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

Job 22:14

Job 22:14Thick clouds are a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

Job 22:15

Job 22:15The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?

Job 22:16

Job 22:16Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

Job 22:17

Job 22:17Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

Job 22:18

Job 22:18And he hath filled their houses with good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

Job 22:19

Job 22:19See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,

Job 22:20

Job 22:20'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

Job 22:21

Job 22:21Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase is good.

Job 22:22

Job 22:22Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

Job 22:23

Job 22:23If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

Job 22:24

Job 22:24So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

Job 22:25

Job 22:25And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver is strength to thee.

Job 22:26

Job 22:26For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,

Job 22:27

Job 22:27Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.

Job 22:28

Job 22:28And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

Job 22:29

Job 22:29For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

Job 22:30

Job 22:30He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Job 22 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job

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