Job 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then Eliphaz the Themanite responded by saying: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Can man be compared with God, even if he were perfect in knowledge? “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 What advantage is it to God, if you were just? Or what do you provide for him, if your way should be immaculate? 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 Will he reprove you and take you to judgment for being afraid, 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 and not because of your many evil deeds and your infinite unfairness? 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 have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing. 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 given water to the weary; you have taken bread away from the hungry. 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 By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest. 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 widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans. 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 Because of this, you are surrounded by traps, and unexpected fears will disturb 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 And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the on-rush of overflowing waters? 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 Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars? “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: “Well, what does God know?” and, “He judges, as if through a fog,” 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 and, “The clouds are his hiding-place,” and, “He does not examine us closely,” and, “He makes his rounds at the limits of the heavens.” 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 Do you not want to tend the path of the ages, which wicked men have spurned? 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 These were taken away before their time, and a flood overthrew their foundation. 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, “Withdraw from us,” and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing, 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 though he had filled their houses with good things. May their way of thinking 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 just will see and will rejoice, and the innocent will mock 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 Has not their haughtiness been cut down, and has not fire devoured the remnants of them? 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 So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits. “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 Accept the law from his mouth, and place 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 will return to the Almighty, you will be rebuilt, and you will put sinfulness far from your tabernacle. 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 He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone. 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 And the Almighty will be against your enemies, and silver will be gathered together 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 Then will you flock together in delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God. 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 plead with him, and he will listen to you, and you will pay your vows. 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 You will decide on something, and it will come to you, and the light will shine in your ways. 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 For he who had been humbled, will be in glory; and he who will lower his eyes, will be the one saved. 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 The innocent will be saved, and he will be saved with purity in his 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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