Job 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then in response, Eliphaz from Teman said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 |Can a human being be useful to God, since he, who is wise, is sufficient to himself? “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 Will it please the Almighty if you are innocent, or does he profit if your life is blameless? 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 acquit you just because you fear him, and render a verdict on your behalf? 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 Your wickedness is great, isn't it? There's no limit to your iniquity, is there? Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your iniquities. Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?
6 |After all, you've taken collateral from your relatives for no reason; you stripped the 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've neglected to give water to the weary, and you've withheld food 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 The land belongs to the powerful, and the privileged thrive 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 sent away widows empty-handed, and broke the outstretched arms 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 That's why disaster surrounds you, terror suddenly overwhelms 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 you see nothing but darkness, and a flood of troubles drowns 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 |Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty 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 You've asked, 'What does God know? Can he sort through pitch black darkness?' 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 Thick clouds cover him so he can't see as he walks back and forth at heaven's horizon. 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 walking on the traditional path that sinners have tread, 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 snatched away before their time; when their foundation was swept away by a river? 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 told God, 'Get away from us!' and 'What will the Almighty do to them?' 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 God fills their houses with good things, the counsel of the wicked will remain 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 will see this and rejoice; the innocent will insult him, saying, 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 Our enemies are sure to be destroyed, and fire will burn up what's left of their riches.| 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 |Get to know God, and you'll be at peace with him, and then prosperity will come to you. “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 what he has to teach you, and treasure 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 return to the Almighty you'll be restored, as you remove iniquity from your household. 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 Bury your gold nuggets in the dust, and your source of gold among the stones in a streambed, 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 then the Almighty will be your gold and your refined silver. 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 you'll take delight in the Almighty; and will turn your face toward 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'll entreat him and he'll listen to you as you fulfill 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 When you make a decision on something, it will be established for you, and light will brighten your way. 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 when they're humbled, you may respond; 'It's their pride!' but he delivers the humble. 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'll even deliver the guilty, who will be delivered through your innocence.| 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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