Job 22

¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —

²To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?

³Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

⁴Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

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

⁶For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

⁷Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

⁸As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth in it.

⁹Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

¹⁰Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.

¹¹Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

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

¹³And thou hast said, 'What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

¹⁴Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

¹⁵The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?