Thematic Bible
Job 22:1 (show verse)
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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Job 22:2 (show verse)
"Can a man be of use to God? Yes, can [the] wise be of use to him?
Job 22:3 (show verse)
[Is] it a pleasure to Shaddai if you are righteous, or a gain if you make your ways blameless?
Job 22:4 (show verse)
Does he reprove you because of your reverence [or] enter into judgment with you?
Job 22:5 (show verse)
[Is] not your wickedness great, and there is no end to your iniquities?
Job 22:6 (show verse)
"Indeed, you have required a pledge from your family for nothing, and you have stripped off [the] clothes of [the] naked.
Job 22:7 (show verse)
You have given no water [for the] weary to drink, and you withheld food from [the] hungry.
Job 22:8 (show verse)
And the land {belongs to the man of power}, and {the favored} lives in it.
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Job 22:9 (show verse)
You have sent widows away empty-handed, and [the] arms of orphans were crushed.
Job 22:10 (show verse)
Therefore trapping nets [are] all around you, and panic suddenly terrifies you,
Job 22:11 (show verse)
or [it is so] dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
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Job 22:12 (show verse)
"[Is] not God [in the] height of [the] heavens? But see how lofty are {the highest stars}.
Job 22:13 (show verse)
And you ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge through deep gloom?
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Job 22:14 (show verse)
Thick clouds [are] a covering for him, so that he does not see; and he walks about on [the] dome of heaven.'
Job 22:15 (show verse)
Will you keep [to the] way of old that [the] people of mischief have trod,
Job 22:16 (show verse)
who were snatched away {before their time}, whose foundation was washed away [by] a current?
Job 22:17 (show verse)
[Those] who said to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can Shaddai do to us?'
Job 22:18 (show verse)
Yet he himself filled up their houses [with] good [things], but [the] schemes of [the] wicked are repugnant to me.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 22:19 (show verse)
[The] righteous see, and they rejoice, but [the] innocent [one] mocks at them.
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Job 22:20 (show verse)
{Surely} our foe perishes, and fire has consumed their remainder.
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Job 22:21 (show verse)
"Please reconcile yourself with him, and be at peace; {in this way}, good will come to you.
Job 22:22 (show verse)
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.
Job 22:23 (show verse)
If you return to Shaddai, you will be restored; [if] you remove wickedness from your tent,
Job 22:24 (show verse)
and [if you] put gold ore in [the] dust, and [the] gold of Ophir in [the] rock of wadis,
Job 22:25 (show verse)
then Shaddai will be your gold ore and {your precious silver}.
Job 22:26 (show verse)
Indeed, then you will delight yourself in Shaddai, and {you will expect that God will be good to you}.
Job 22:27 (show verse)
You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.
Job 22:28 (show verse)
And you will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
Job 22:29 (show verse)
When they are humiliated, {you say}, '[It is] pride,' for he saves {the humble}.
Job 22:30 (show verse)
He will deliver the guilty, and he will escape because of the cleanness of your hands."