Job 22:1-16 ▼

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:

2 “Is a man profitable to God, || Because a wise man is profitable to himself?

3 Is it a delight to the Mighty One || That you are righteous? Is it gain, || That you make your ways perfect?

4 Because of your reverence || Does He reason [with] you? He enters with you into judgment:

5 Is your wickedness not abundant? And there is no end to your iniquities.

6 For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, || And you strip off the garments of the naked.

7 You do not cause the weary to drink water, || And you withhold bread from the hungry.

8 As for the man of arm—he has the earth, || And the accepted of face—he dwells in it.

9 You have sent widows away empty, || And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

10 Therefore snares [are] all around you, || And sudden fear troubles you.

11 Or darkness—you do not see, || And abundance of waters covers you.

12 Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, || That they are high.

13 And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?

14 Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, || And He does not see, || And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.

15 Do you observe the path of the age, || That men of iniquity have trodden,

16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.