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Job 22

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Then Eliphaz from Teman replied [to Job],

2 "Can a human be of any use to God when even a wise person is only useful to himself?

3 Is the Almighty pleased when you are righteous? Does he gain anything when you follow the path of integrity?

4 Does God correct you and bring you into a court of law because you fear him?

5 "Aren't you really very wicked? Is there no end to your wrongdoing?

6 For no reason you take your brothers' goods as security for a loan and strip them of their clothes.

7 You don't even give a tired person a drink of water, and you take food away from hungry people.

8 A strong person owns the land. A privileged person lives in it.

9 You send widows away empty-handed, and the arms of orphans are broken.

10 That is why traps are all around you and great fear suddenly grips you.

11 [That is why] darkness surrounds you and you cannot see and a flood of water covers you.

12 "Isn't God high above in the heavens? Look how high the highest stars are!

13 You ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge [anything] from behind a dark cloud?

14 Thick clouds surround him so that he cannot see. He walks above the clouds.'

15 "Are you following the old path that wicked people have taken?

16 They are snatched up before their time. A river washes their foundation away.

17 They told God, 'Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do for us?'

18 Yet, he filled their homes with good things. (The plan of the wicked is foreign to my way of thinking.)

19 The righteous saw it and were glad, and the innocent made fun of them by saying,

20 'Indeed, their wealth has been wiped out, and a fire has burned up what [little] they had left.'

21 "Be in harmony and at peace with God. In this way you will have prosperity.

22 Accept instruction from his mouth, and keep his words in your heart.

23 If you return to the Almighty, you will prosper. If you put wrongdoing out of your tent,

24 and lay your gold down in the dust, and put your gold from Ophir among the pebbles in the rivers,

25 then the Almighty will become your gold and your large supply of silver.

26 Then you will be happy with the Almighty and look up toward God.

27 You will pray to him, and he will listen to you, and you will keep your vow to him.

28 When you promise to do something, you will succeed, and light will shine on your path.

29 When others are discouraged, you will say, 'Cheer up!' Then he will save the humble person.

30 He will rescue one who is not innocent. That person will be rescued by your purity."

New International Version NIV

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2 “Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person benefit him?

3 What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?

4 “Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?

5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?

6 You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.

7 You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,

8 though you were a powerful man, owning land— an honored man, living on it.

9 And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.

10 That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,

11 why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

12 “Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!

13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?

14 Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’

15 Will you keep to the old path that the wicked have trod?

16 They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.

17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’

18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.

19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,

20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire devours their wealth.’

21 “Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.

22 Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.

23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent

24 and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,

25 then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.

26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.

27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

28 What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

29 When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.

30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”