V.1 Then Eliphaz 464 the Temanite 8489 answered 6030-4 and said, 559-4

22:2 Can a man 1397 be profitable 5532-4 unto God, 410 as 3588 he that is wise 7919-56 may be profitable 5532-4 unto himself?

22:3 [Is it] any pleasure 2656 to the Almighty, 7706 that thou art righteous? 6663-4 or [is it] gain 1215 [to him], that thou makest thy ways 1870 perfect? 8552-55

22:4 Will he reprove 3198-55 thee for fear 3374 of thee? will he enter 935-4 with thee into judgment? 4941

22:5 [Is] not thy wickedness 7451 great? 7227 and thine iniquities 5771 infinite? 7093

22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge 2254-4 from thy brother 251 for nought, 2600 and stripped 6584-55 the naked 6174 of their clothing. 899

22:7 Thou hast not given water 4325 to the weary 5889 to drink, 8248-55 and thou hast withholden 4513-4 bread 3899 from the hungry. 7457

22:8 But [as for] the mighty 2220 man, 376 he had the earth; 776 and the honourable 5375-7 6440 man dwelt 3427-4 in it.

22:9 Thou hast sent 7971-14 widows 490 away empty, 7387 and the arms 2220 of the fatherless 3490 have been broken. 1792- 29

22:10 Therefore snares 6341 [are] round about 5439 thee, and sudden 6597 fear 6343 troubleth 926-17 thee;

22:11 Or darkness, 2822 [that] thou canst not see; 7200-4 and abundance 8229 of waters 4325 cover 3680-17 thee.

22:12 [Is] not God 433 in the height 1363 of heaven? 8064 and behold 7200-3 the height 7218 of the stars, 3556 how high 7311-1 they are!

22:13 And thou sayest, 559-1 How doth God 410 know? 3045-1 can he judge 8199-4 through the dark cloud? 6205

22:14 Thick clouds 5645 [are] a covering 5643 to him, that he seeth 7200-4 not; and he walketh 1980-101 in the circuit 2329 of heaven. 8064

22:15 Hast thou marked 8104-4 the old 5769 way 734 which wicked 205 men 4962 have trodden? 1869-1

22:16 Which were cut down 7059-27 out of time, 6256 whose foundation 3247 was overflown 3332-93 with a flood: 5104

22:17 Which said 559-6 unto God, 410 Depart 5493-3 from us: and what can the Almighty 7706 do 6466-4 for them?

22:18 Yet he filled 4390-14 their houses 1004 with good 2896 [things]: but the counsel 6098 of the wicked 7563 is far 7368-1 from me.

22:19 The righteous 6662 see 7200-4 [it], and are glad: 8055- 4 and the innocent 5355 laugh them to scorn. 3932-4

22:20 Whereas 518 our substance 7009 is not cut down, 3582-8 but the remnant 3499 of them the fire 784 consumeth. 398-1

22:21 Acquaint 5532-54 now thyself with him, and be at peace: 7999-3 thereby good 2896 shall come 935-4 unto thee.

22:22 Receive, 3947-3 I pray thee, the law 8451 from his mouth, 6310 and lay up 7760-3 his words 561 in thine heart. 3824

22:23 If thou return 7725-4 to the Almighty, 7706 thou shalt be built up, 1129-11 thou shalt put away iniquity 5766 far 7368-55 from thy tabernacles. 168

22:24 Then shalt thou lay up 7896-2 gold 1220 as 5921 dust, 6083 and the [gold] of Ophir 211 as the stones 6697 of the brooks. 5158

22:25 Yea, the Almighty 7706 shall be thy defence, 1220 and thou shalt have plenty 8443 of silver. 3701

22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight 6026-101 in the Almighty, 7706 and shalt lift up 5375-4 thy face 6440 unto God. 433

22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer 6279-55 unto him, and he shall hear 8085-4 thee, and thou shalt pay 7999-17 thy vows. 5088

22:28 Thou shalt also decree 1504-4 a thing, 562 and it shall be established 6965-4 unto thee: and the light 216 shall shine 5050-1 upon thy ways. 1870

22:29 When [men] are cast down, 8213-52 then thou shalt say, 559-4 [There is] lifting up; 1466 and he shall save 3467-55 the humble 7807 5869 person.