Job 22
Eliphaz Accuses Job of
Great Wickedness |
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Then El'iphaz the Te'manite answered and
said,
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Can a man be profitable unto God,
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as he that is wise may be profitable unto
himself? |
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Is it any pleasure to the
Almighty, that thou art righteous?
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Or is it gain to him, that thou makest
thy ways perfect? Job.
35.6-8 |
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Will he reprove thee for fear of
thee?
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Will he enter with thee into
judgment? |
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Is not thy wickedness great?
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and thine iniquities
infinite? |
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For thou hast taken a pledge from thy
brother for nought,
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and stripped the naked of their
clothing. |
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Thou hast not given water to the weary to
drink,
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and thou hast withholden bread from the
hungry. |
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But as for the mighty man, he had
the earth;
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and the honorable man dwelt in
it. |
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Thou hast sent widows away empty,
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and the arms of the fatherless have been
broken. |
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Therefore snares are round about
thee,
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and sudden fear troubleth
thee; |
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or darkness, that thou canst not
see;
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and abundance of waters cover thee.
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Is not God in the height of
heaven?
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And behold the height of the stars, how high they
are! |
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And thou sayest, How doth God know?
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Can he judge through the dark
cloud? |
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Thick clouds are a covering to
him, that he seeth not;
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and he walketh in the circuit of
heaven. |
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Hast thou marked the old way
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which wicked men have
trodden? |
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which were cut down out of time,
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whose foundation was overflown with a
flood: |
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which said unto God, Depart from us:
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and what can the Almighty do for
them? |
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Yet he filled their houses with good things:
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but the counsel of the wicked is far from
me. |
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The righteous see it, and are
glad:
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and the innocent laugh them to
scorn. |
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Whereas our substance is not cut
down,
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but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at
peace:
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thereby good shall come unto
thee. |
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Receive, I pray thee, the law from his
mouth,
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and lay up his words in thine
heart. |
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If thou return to the Almighty, thou
shalt be built up,
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thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy
tabernacles. |
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Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
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and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the
brooks. |
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Yea, the Almighty shall be thy
defense,
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and thou shalt have plenty of
silver. |
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For then shalt thou have thy delight in
the Almighty,
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and shalt lift up thy face unto
God. |
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Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and
he shall hear thee,
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and thou shalt pay thy
vows. |
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Thou shalt also decree a thing,
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and it shall be established unto thee: |
and the light shall shine upon thy
ways. |
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When men are cast down,
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then thou shalt say, There is lifting
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and he shall save the humble
person. |
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He shall deliver the island of the
innocent:
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and it is delivered by the pureness of thine
hands. |
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