Job 22:1-30 KJV11 - Bible AI

¹Then Eliphaz464 the Temanite8489 answered6030 and said559,

²Can a man1397 be profitable5532 unto God410, as3588 he that is wise7919 may be profitable5532 unto himself? as he: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?

³Is it any pleasure2656 to the Almighty7706, that thou art righteous6663? or is it gain1215 to him, that thou makest thy ways1870 perfect8552?

⁴Will he reprove3198 thee for fear3374 of thee? will he enter935 with thee into judgment4941?

⁵Is not thy wickedness7451 great7227? and thine iniquities5771 infinite7093?

⁶For thou hast taken a pledge2254 from thy brother251 for nought2600, and stripped6584 the naked6174 of their clothing899. the naked: Heb. the clothes of the naked

⁷Thou hast not given water4325 to the weary5889 to drink8248, and thou hast withholden4513 bread3899 from the hungry7457.

⁸But as for the mighty2220 man376, he had the earth776; and the honourable man5375 6440 dwelt3427 in it. mighty: Heb. man of arm honourable: Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance

⁹Thou hast sent7971 widows490 away empty7387, and the arms2220 of the fatherless3490 have been broken1792.

¹⁰Therefore snares6341 are round about5439 thee, and sudden6597 fear6343 troubleth926 thee;

¹¹Or darkness2822, that thou canst not see7200; and abundance8229 of waters4325 cover3680 thee.

¹²Is not God433 in the height1363 of heaven8064? and behold7200 the height7218 of the stars3556, how high7311 they are! height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars

¹³And thou sayest559, How doth God410 know3045? can he judge8199 through the dark cloud6205? How: or, What

¹⁴Thick clouds5645 are a covering5643 to him, that he seeth7200 not; and he walketh1980 in the circuit2329 of heaven8064.

¹⁵Hast thou marked8104 the old5769 way734 which wicked205 men4962 have trodden1869?

¹⁶Which were cut down7059 out of time6256, whose foundation3247 was overflown3332 with a flood5104: whose: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation

¹⁷Which said559 unto God410, Depart5493 from us: and what can the Almighty7706 do6466 for them? for: or, to

¹⁸Yet he filled4390 their houses1004 with good2896 things: but the counsel6098 of the wicked7563 is far7368 from me.

¹⁹The righteous6662 see7200 it, and are glad8055: and the innocent5355 laugh them to scorn3932.

²⁰Whereas518 our substance7009 is not cut down3582, but the remnant3499 of them the fire784 consumeth398. substance: or, estate the remnant: or, their excellency

²¹Acquaint5532 now thyself with him, and be at peace7999: thereby good2896 shall come935 unto thee. him: that is, God

²²Receive3947, I pray thee, the law8451 from his mouth6310, and lay up7760 his words561 in thine heart3824.

²³If thou return7725 to the Almighty7706, thou shalt be built up1129, thou shalt put away7368 iniquity5766 far7368 from thy tabernacles168.

²⁴Then shalt thou lay up7896 gold1220 as5921 dust6083, and the gold of Ophir211 as the stones6697 of the brooks5158. as dust: or, on the dust

²⁵Yea, the Almighty7706 shall be thy defence1220, and thou shalt have plenty8443 of silver3701. defence: or, gold plenty: Heb. silver of strength

²⁶For then shalt thou have thy delight6026 in the Almighty7706, and shalt lift up5375 thy face6440 unto God433.

²⁷Thou shalt make thy prayer6279 unto him, and he shall hear8085 thee, and thou shalt pay7999 thy vows5088.

²⁸Thou shalt also decree1504 a thing562, and it shall be established6965 unto thee: and the light216 shall shine5050 upon thy ways1870.

²⁹When men are cast down8213, then thou shalt say559, There is lifting up1466; and he shall save3467 the humble7807 person5869. the humble: Heb. him that hath low eyes

³⁰He shall deliver4422 the island336 of the innocent5355: and it is delivered4422 by the pureness1252 of thine hands3709. He shall: or, The innocent shall deliver the island