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Job 22

The Message Bible MSG

1 Once again Eliphaz the Temanite took up his theme:

2 "Are any of us strong enough to give God a hand, or smart enough to give him advice?

3 So what if you were righteous - would God Almighty even notice? Even if you gave a perfect performance, do you think he'd applaud?

4 Do you think it's because he cares about your purity that he's disciplining you, putting you on the spot?

5 Hardly! It's because you're a first-class moral failure, because there's no end to your sins.

6 When people came to you for help, you took the shirts off their backs, exploited their helplessness.

7 You wouldn't so much as give a drink to the thirsty, or food, not even a scrap, to the hungry.

8 And there you sat, strong and honored by everyone, surrounded by immense wealth!

9 You turned poor widows away from your door; heartless, you crushed orphans.

10 Now you're the one trapped in terror, paralyzed by fear. Suddenly the tables have turned!

11 How do you like living in the dark, sightless, up to your neck in flood waters?

12 "You agree, don't you, that God is in charge? He runs the universe - just look at the stars!

13 Yet you dare raise questions: 'What does God know? From that distance and darkness, how can he judge?

14 He roams the heavens wrapped in clouds, so how can he see us?'

15 "Are you going to persist in that tired old line that wicked men and women have always used?

16 Where did it get them? They died young, flash floods sweeping them off to their doom.

17 They told God, 'Get lost! What good is God Almighty to us?'

18 And yet it was God who gave them everything they had. It's beyond me how they can carry on like this!

19 "Good people see bad people crash, and call for a celebration. Relieved, they crow,

20 'At last! Our enemies - wiped out. Everything they had and stood for is up in smoke!'

21 "Give in to God, come to terms with him and everything will turn out just fine.

22 Let him tell you what to do; take his words to heart.

23 Come back to God Almighty and he'll rebuild your life. Clean house of everything evil.

24 Relax your grip on your money and abandon your gold-plated luxury.

25 God Almighty will be your treasure, more wealth than you can imagine.

26 "You'll take delight in God, the Mighty One, and look to him joyfully, boldly.

27 You'll pray to him and he'll listen; he'll help you do what you've promised.

28 You'll decide what you want and it will happen; your life will be bathed in light.

29 To those who feel low you'll say, 'Chin up! Be brave!' and God will save them.

30 Yes, even the guilty will escape, escape through God's grace in your life."

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites dixit

2 numquid Deo conparari potest homo etiam cum perfectae fuerit scientiae

3 quid prodest Deo si iustus fueris aut quid ei confers si inmaculata fuerit via tua

4 numquid timens arguet te et veniet tecum in iudicium

5 et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam et infinitas iniquitates tuas

6 abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa et nudos spoliasti vestibus

7 aquam lasso non dedisti et esurienti subtraxisti panem

8 in fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram et potentissimus obtinebas eam

9 viduas dimisisti vacuas et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti

10 propterea circumdatus es laqueis et conturbat te formido subita

11 et putabas te tenebras non visurum et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressurum

12 an cogitas quod Deus excelsior caelo et super stellarum vertices sublimetur

13 et dicis quid enim novit Deus et quasi per caliginem iudicat

14 nubes latibulum eius nec nostra considerat et circa cardines caeli perambulat

15 numquid semitam saeculorum custodire cupis quam calcaverunt viri iniqui

16 qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum

17 qui dicebant Deo recede a nobis et quasi nihil possit facere Omnipotens aestimabant eum

18 cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis quorum sententia procul sit a me

19 videbunt iusti et laetabuntur et innocens subsannabit eos

20 nonne succisa est erectio eorum et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis

21 adquiesce igitur ei et habeto pacem et per haec habebis fructus optimos

22 suscipe ex ore illius legem et pone sermones eius in corde tuo

23 si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem aedificaberis et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo

24 dabit pro terra silicem et pro silice torrentes aureos

25 eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos et argentum coacervabitur tibi

26 tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam

27 rogabis eum et exaudiet te et vota tua reddes

28 decernes rem et veniet tibi et in viis tuis splendebit lumen

29 qui enim humiliatus fuerit erit in gloria et qui inclinaverit oculos suos ipse salvabitur

30 salvabitur innocens salvabitur autem munditia manuum suarum