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Job 21

## The Book of Job

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| # Chapter 22
#### 1 | Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
#### 2 | Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
#### 3 | Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
#### 4 | Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?
#### 5 | Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
#### 6 | For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
#### 7 | Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
#### 8 | But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
#### 9 | Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
#### 10 | Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,
#### 11 | Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
#### 12 | Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
#### 13 | And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
#### 14 | Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
#### 15 | Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?
#### 16 | Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
#### 17 | Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
#### 18 | Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
#### 19 | The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
#### 20 | [Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
#### 21 | Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.
#### 22 | Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
#### 23 | If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
#### 24 | And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, And [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
#### 25 | And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.
#### 26 | For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.
#### 27 | Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.
#### 28 | Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.
#### 29 | When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save.
#### 30 | He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

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