Job 22:17-27

17 Ellos dijeron a Dios: "Apártate de nosotros" y: "¿Qué puede hacernos el Todopoderoso?"

18 El había colmado de bienes sus casas, pero el consejo de los malos está lejos de mí.

19 Los justos ven y se alegran, y el inocente se burla de ellos,

20 diciendo: "Ciertamente nuestros adversarios son destruidos, y el fuego ha consumido su abundancia."

21 Cede ahora y haz la paz con El, así te vendrá el bien.

22 Recibe, te ruego, la instrucción de su boca, y pon sus palabras en tu corazón.

23 Si vuelves al Todopoderoso, serás restaurado. Si alejas de tu tienda la injusticia,

24 y pones tu oro en el polvo, y el oro de Ofir entre las piedras de los arroyos,

25 el Todopoderoso será para ti tu oro y tu plata escogida.

26 Porque entonces te deleitarás en el Todopoderoso, y alzarás a Dios tu rostro.

27 Orarás a El y te escuchará, y cumplirás tus votos.

Job 22:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 22

This chapter contains the third and last reply of Eliphaz to Job, in which he charges him with having too high an opinion of himself, of his holiness and righteousness, as if God was profited by it, and laid thereby under obligation to him, whereas he was not, Job 22:1-3; and as if he reproved and chastised him, because of his fear of him, whereas it was because of his sins, Job 22:4,5; an enumeration of which he gives, as of injustice, oppression, cruelty to the poor, and even of atheism and infidelity, for which snares and fears were around him, and various calamities, Job 22:6-14; and compares his way and course of life to that of the men of the old world, and the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, and suggests that his end would be like theirs, unless he repented, Job 22:15-20; and then concludes with an exhortation to him to return to God by repentance, and to reform, when he should see happy times again, and enjoy much outward and inward prosperity, and be an instrument of doing much good to many, Job 22:21-30.