(KJV) Job 22¹

⥃Eliphaz: Can a Man Be of Use to God?

[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, [2] Can a man² be profitable unto God, as he that³ is wise may be profitable unto himself? [3] [Is it] any pleasure⁴ to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest⁵ thy ways perfect? [4] Will he reprove⁶ thee for fear⁷ of thee? will he enter⁸ with thee into judgment? [5] [Is] not thy⁹ wickedness great? and thine¹⁰ iniquities infinite? [6] For thou¹¹ hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped¹² the naked of their clothing. [7] Thou hast not given¹³ water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. [8] But [as¹⁴ for] the mighty man¹⁵, he had the earth; and the honourable¹⁶ man dwelt in it. [9] Thou hast sent widows¹⁷ away empty, and the arms¹⁸ of the fatherless have been broken. [10] Therefore snares¹⁹ [are] round about thee, and sudden²⁰ fear troubleth thee; [11] Or darkness²¹, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance²² of waters cover thee. [12] [Is] not God²³ in the height²⁴ of heaven? and behold the height of the stars²⁵, how high they are! [13] And thou sayest, How²⁶ doth God know²⁷? can he judge through the dark cloud? [14] Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.²⁸ [15] Hast thou marked the old way²⁹ which wicked men have trodden? [16] Which were cut down³⁰ out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood³¹: [17] Which said unto God, Depart³² from us: and what³³ can the Almighty do for them³⁴? [18] Yet he filled³⁵ their houses with good [things]: but the counsel³⁶ of the wicked is far from me. [19] The righteous³⁷ see [it], and are glad: and the innocent³⁸ laugh them to scorn. [20] Whereas our substance³⁹ is not cut down, but the remnant⁴⁰ of them the fire⁴¹ consumeth. [21] Acquaint⁴² now thyself with him⁴³, and be at peace⁴⁴: thereby good shall come unto thee. [22] Receive⁴⁵, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up⁴⁶ his words in thine heart. [23] If thou return⁴⁷ to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up⁴⁸, thou shalt⁴⁹ put⁵⁰ away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. [24] Then shalt thou lay up⁵¹ gold as dust⁵², and the [gold] of Ophir⁵³ as the stones of the brooks. [25] Yea, the Almighty⁵⁴ shall be thy defence⁵⁵, and thou shalt have plenty of silver⁵⁶. [26] For then shalt thou⁵⁷ have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up⁵⁸ thy face unto God. [27] Thou shalt make thy⁵⁹ prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy⁶⁰ vows. [28] Thou shalt also decree⁶¹ a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light⁶² shall shine upon thy ways. [29] When [men⁶³] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall⁶⁴ save the humble person⁶⁵. [30] He shall deliver the island of the innocent⁶⁶: and it is delivered by the pureness⁶⁷ of thine hands.