Job 22

¹Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

²Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

³Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

⁴Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?

⁵Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

⁶For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

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

⁸But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

⁹Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

¹⁰Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,

¹¹Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

¹²Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

¹³And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

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

¹⁵Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?