{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":22,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/21","next":"job/23","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:","f":[],"h":"Eliphaz: Can a Man Be of Use to God?","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Can a man be of use to God?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Can even a wise man benefit Him?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Does He profit if your ways are blameless?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and enters into judgment against you?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Is not your wickedness great?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Are not your iniquities endless?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"For {you} needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For {you} needlessly demanded security from your brothers"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and deprived the naked of their clothing."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You gave no water to the weary"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and withheld food from the famished,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"while the land belonged to a mighty man,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a man of honor lived on it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You sent widows away empty-handed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the strength of the fatherless was crushed."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore snares surround you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and sudden peril terrifies you;"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"it is so dark you cannot see,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a flood of water covers you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Is not God as high as the heavens?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"Yet you say:‘ What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet you say:‘ What does God know?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Does He judge through thick darkness?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’","f":["Or heaven’s horizon or the circle of the sky"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as He traverses the vault of heaven.’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Will you stay on the ancient path"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that wicked men have trod?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They were snatched away before their time,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their foundations were swept away by a flood."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"They said to God,‘ Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They said to God,‘ Depart from us."},{"style":"indent2","t":"What can the Almighty do to us?’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But it was He who filled their houses with good things;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"The righteous see [it] and are glad; the innocent mock them:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The righteous see [it] and are glad;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the innocent mock them:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"‘ Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"‘ Surely our foes are destroyed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and fire has consumed their excess.’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Reconcile now and be at peace with Him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"thereby good will come to you."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Receive instruction from His mouth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and lay up His words in your heart."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored."},{"style":"indent2","t":"If you remove injustice from your tents"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"and consign your gold to the dust"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then the Almighty will be your gold"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the finest silver for you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely then you will delight in the Almighty"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and lift up your face to God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will pray to Him, and He will hear you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and you will fulfill your vows."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your decisions will be carried out,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and light will shine on your ways."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"When men are brought low and you say,‘ Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When men are brought low and you say,‘ Lift them up!’"},{"style":"indent2","t":"then He will save the lowly."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":30,"t":"He will deliver [even] [one who is] not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He will deliver [even] [one who is] not innocent,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}