Job 22

¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁵Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?