Job, 22

[1] Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said: •

[2] Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge? •

[3] What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted? •

[4] Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment: •

[5] And not for thy manifold wickedness and thy infinite iniquities? •

[6] For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing. •

[7] Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry. •

[8] In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it. •

[9] Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces. •

[10] Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.

[11] And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters? •

[12] Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars? •

[13] And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

[14] The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven. •

[15] Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden? •

[16] Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation. •

[17] Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing: •

[18] Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me. •

[19] The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn. •

[20] Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them? •

[21] Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.

[22] Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. •

[23] If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.

[24] He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold. •

[25] And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee. •

[26] Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God. •

[27] Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows. •

[28] Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways. •

[29] For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved. •

[30] The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands. •