Job 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 “Can a man be useful to God? Can even a wise one benefit Him? “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. “Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person benefit him?
3 Is it pleasure to Shaddai that you are righteous, or gain that you perfect your ways? Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
4 For your fear does He rebuke you and enter against you into judgment? Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you and enters into judgment with you? “Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?
5 Is not your evil great, and your iniquity without end? Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your iniquities. Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?
6 For you take a pledge from your brothers needlessly, and the garments the naked you strip off. For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing. You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.
7 You have not quenched with water the weary, and from the hungry you have withheld bread. You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,
8 But the man of arm, unto him is the land, and the uplifted of face, he dwells in it! The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man lived in it. though you were a powerful man, owning land— an honored man, living on it.
9 You have sent away widows in emptiness, and the arms of the fatherless are crushed. You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed. And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.
10 Upon thus there are snares all around you, and dread suddenly terrifies you, Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you, That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,
11 or darkness you cannot see, and an abundance of waters covers you. or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
12 Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold, the head of the stars, how exalted they are! “Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are! “Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13 And you say, ‘What does God know? How can He judge through the dark cloud? But you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness? Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?
14 Clouds are a covering for Him, so that He does not see, and the vault of the heavens He walks about.’ Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.’ Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’
15 Will you keep the way of old, which men of iniquity have trod, Will you keep to the old way that wicked men have trod? Will you keep to the old path that the wicked have trod?
16 who were seized, and it was not time, their foundation was poured out by a torrent? They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away. They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.
17 They said to God, ‘Turn away from us!’ And’What can Shaddai do to us?’ They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’
18 Yet He filled their houses with good—and the counsel of the wicked, may it be far from me! Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.
19 The righteous see it and are glad, and the innocent one mocks them: The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent one mocks at them, The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,
20 ‘Surely our adversaries cut off, and fire consumes their excess.’ saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off, and what they left the fire has consumed.’ Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire devours their wealth.’
21 Make yourself of use now, and be at peace with Him; with these things will come to you good. “Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. “Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
22 Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, and set His words in your heart. Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you should return to Shaddai, you will be built up, if you put far away from your tent iniquity, If you return to the Almighty you will be built up; if you remove injustice far from your tents, If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent
24 and if you set your gold upon the dust, and Ophir among the stones of the torrents, if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed, and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
25 then Shaddai will be your gold, and the silver of heights for you. then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver. then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.
26 For then you will take delight in Shaddai, and you will lift to God your face. For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God. Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.
27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and your vows you will fulfill. You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows. You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
28 Then you will decree a word, and it will stand for you, and upon your paths light will shine. You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
29 When they have made low, and you say Lift up, then the lowly of eyes He will save. For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride’; but he saves the lowly. When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.
30 He will deliver the one not innocent, rescuing him by the purity of your hands.” He delivers even the one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.” He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
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