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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 22:1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, | And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- |
| 22:2 | Can a man be profitable unto God, as |
To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable? |
| 22:3 | Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? | Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways? |
| 22:4 | Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? | Because of thy reverence Doth He reason `with' thee? He entereth with thee into judgment: |
| 22:5 | Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? | Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities. |
| 22:6 | For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and |
For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off. |
| 22:7 | Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. | Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread. |
| 22:8 | But as for the |
As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it. |
| 22:9 | Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. | Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised. |
| 22:10 | Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; | Therefore round about thee `are' snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly. |
| 22:11 | Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. | Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee. |
| 22:12 | Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the |
Is not God high `in' heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high. |
| 22:13 | And thou sayest, |
And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge? |
| 22:14 | Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. | Thick clouds `are' a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually, |
| 22:15 | Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? | The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden? |
| 22:16 | Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: | Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation. |
| 22:17 | Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do |
Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them? |
| 22:18 | Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | And he hath filled their houses `with' good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.) |
| 22:19 | The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. | See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them, |
| 22:20 | Whereas our |
`Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.' |
| 22:21 | Acquaint now thyself with |
Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase `is' good. |
| 22:22 | Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. | Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart. |
| 22:23 | If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. | If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents. |
| 22:24 | Then shalt thou lay up gold |
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering. |
| 22:25 | Yea, the Almighty shall be thy |
And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver `is' strength to thee. |
| 22:26 | For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. | For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face, |
| 22:27 | Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. | Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest. |
| 22:28 | Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. | And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone. |
| 22:29 | When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the |
For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth. |
| 22:30 | He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. | He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands. |