Job 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 THEN Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered and said, Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 O man, can you converse with God; are you equal with him in wisdom? “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 do you profit by trying to make it seem that your ways are perfect because you are afraid? 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 He will reprove you, and enter into judgment with you. 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 Behold, your wickedness is great, and there is no end to your sins. 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 a pledge from your brothers for nothing, and 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 have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread 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 There is a man who sows a field for himself, and the mighty man seizes it from him by force. 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 the arms of the fatherless you have broken. 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 Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear causes you to tremble; 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 Where is the darkness, that you cannot see; and the flood of water that 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 Behold, God is in the height of heaven, and sees the highest of the stars that are very high. “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 yet you say, How does God know? Can he judge through the thick 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 are a covering to him, so that men cannot see him; and he walks upon the circle of the heaven. 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 Have you marked well the old way which wicked men have trodden long ago? 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 Those who were cut down before their time, who were stopped at the crossing place of the river of life, and then did not remember who had laid down their pattern of living, 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 Who said to God, Depart from us; what can God do for 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 things, and the counsel of the wicked kept away from them. 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 shall see it, and shall be glad; and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn. 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 If they are not prostrated because of their stubbornness, then their remnant shall be consumed with fire. 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 now an agreement with God, and offer to him of your good crops. “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 the law from his mouth, and lay up 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 shall repent before God, you shall be built up; if you shall put away iniquity from your dwelling place; 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 Then you shall lay up silver like dust, and the gold of Ophir as the sand of the valley. 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 Yea, God shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of 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 For then you shall 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 And you shall make your prayer to him, and he shall hear you, and you shall 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 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light shall shine upon 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 it is said, He who humbles himself shall be exalted; and he who is meek shall be 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 man shall be spared wherever he is, and he shall escape by the purity of 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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