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Job 22 Berean Standard Bible

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1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2 “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
2 “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
4 Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
5 Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
7 You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8 while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
10 Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
11 or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
12 “Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
13 You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
15 Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
16 who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
17 who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
19 The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
20 saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
21 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
21 “Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
22 Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
22 Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
24 and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
24 Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25 then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
25 The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
26 Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
26 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
27 You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
28 Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
28 You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
29 When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
29 When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
30 He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
Cross references (29)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 2 Luke 17:10; Galatians 6:7–8; Job 35:6–8; Psalm 16:2; Proverbs 3:13–18
  2. 3 Proverbs 15:8; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Proverbs 12:22; Proverbs 11:1; Psalm 147:10–11
  3. 4 Job 14:3; Psalm 143:2; Isaiah 3:14–15; Revelation 3:19; Psalm 39:11
  4. 5 Job 15:5–6; Psalm 40:12; Job 21:27; Job 11:14; Psalm 19:12
  5. 6 Exodus 22:26; Ezekiel 18:12; Ezekiel 18:16; Deuteronomy 24:10–18; Job 24:3
  6. 7 Job 31:17; Isaiah 58:7; Matthew 25:42; Ezekiel 18:16; Ezekiel 18:7
  7. 8 Isaiah 9:15; Job 31:34; Psalm 12:8; Job 29:7–17; Micah 7:3
  8. 9 Job 24:21; Ezekiel 22:7; Job 24:3; Isaiah 10:2; Job 31:21
  9. 10 Job 13:21; Job 6:4; Job 18:8–10; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Psalm 11:6
  10. 11 Psalm 69:1–2; Lamentations 3:54; Jonah 2:3; Lamentations 3:2; Job 38:34
  11. 12 Isaiah 66:1; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Job 11:8; Psalm 8:3–4; Isaiah 57:15
  12. 13 Ezekiel 8:12; Psalm 10:11; Ezekiel 9:9; Psalm 73:11; Psalm 94:7–9
  13. 14 Psalm 97:2; Psalm 139:11–12; Psalm 33:14; Job 34:22; Jeremiah 23:24
  14. 15 Luke 17:26–27; Genesis 6:11–13; Genesis 6:5
  15. 16 Job 15:32; Genesis 7:17–24; Matthew 24:37–39; 2 Peter 2:5; Psalm 55:23
  16. 17 Job 21:14–15; Romans 1:28; Psalm 4:6; Matthew 8:29; Isaiah 30:11
  17. 18 Job 21:16; Job 12:6; 1 Samuel 2:7; Jeremiah 12:2; Psalm 17:14
  18. 19 Psalm 58:10; Psalm 107:42; Psalm 52:6; Psalm 97:8; Revelation 18:20
  19. 20 Job 1:16; Genesis 19:24; 2 Peter 2:6–7; Job 20:26; Job 15:5–6
  20. 21 1 Chronicles 28:9; Isaiah 27:5; Philippians 4:7; Psalm 34:10; Ephesians 2:14–17
  21. 22 Psalm 119:11; Job 23:12; Deuteronomy 6:6–9; Deuteronomy 4:1–2; Jeremiah 15:16
  22. 23 Job 11:13–14; Zechariah 1:3; Job 8:5–6; Isaiah 55:6–7; Hosea 14:1–2
  23. 24 1 Kings 9:28; Isaiah 13:12; Psalm 45:9; Genesis 10:29; 2 Chronicles 9:10
  24. 25 Isaiah 33:6; Psalm 16:5–6; Genesis 15:1; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 84:11
  25. 26 Isaiah 58:14; Psalm 37:4; Job 27:10; Job 11:15; Romans 7:22
  26. 27 Isaiah 58:9; 1 John 5:14–15; Psalm 116:1; Psalm 91:15; Psalm 50:14–15
  27. 28 Matthew 21:22; Psalm 90:17; Psalm 20:4; Isaiah 30:21; Proverbs 4:18
  28. 29 Job 5:19–27; James 4:6; Luke 1:52; 1 Peter 5:5; Matthew 23:12
  29. 30 Job 42:7–8; James 5:15–16; Genesis 18:26–32; Psalm 18:20; Acts 27:24

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences