Job 22:1-14 ▼

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

2 Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

4 Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?

6 For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

7 Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

8 But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

9 Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

12 Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!

13 And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.