JOB CHAPTER 22 (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV)

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CHAP. XXII.

1 Eliphaz sheweth that mans goodnesse profiteth not God. 5 Hee accuseth Iob of diuers sinnes. 21 He exhorteth him to repentance, with promises of mercy.

¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

² Can a man be profitable vnto God? as hee that is wise may be profitable vnto himselfe.²

³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gaine to him, that thou makest thy waies perfite?

⁴ Will hee reproue thee for feare of thee? will he enter with thee into iudgment?

⁵ Is not thy wickednesse great? and thine iniquities infinite?

⁶ For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.⁶

⁷ Thou hast not giuen water to the wearie to drinke, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

⁸ But as for the mightie man, hee had the earth, and the honourable man dwelt in it.⁸

⁹ Thou hast sent widowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse haue bene broken.

¹⁰ Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden feare troubleth thee,

¹¹ Or darkenes that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters couer thee.

¹² Is not God in the height of heauen? and behold the height of the starres how high they are.¹²

¹³ And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?¹³

¹⁴ Thicke cloudes are a couering to him that he seeth not, and hee walketh in the circuit of heauen.

¹⁵ Hast thou marked the olde way which wicked men haue troden?

¹⁶ Which were cut downe out of time, whose foundation was ouerflowen with a flood.¹⁶

¹⁷ Which said vnto God, Depart from vs, and what can the Almightie doe for them?¹⁷

¹⁸ Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the wicked is farre from me.¹⁸

¹⁹ The righteous see it, and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorne.¹⁹

²⁰ Whereas our substance is not cut downe, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.²⁰

²¹ Acquaint now thy selfe with him, and be at peace: thereby good shal come vnto thee.²¹

²² Receiue, I pray thee, the Lawe from his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.

²³ If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be built vp, thou shalt put away iniquitie farre from thy tabernacles.²³

²⁴ Then shalt thou lay vp golde as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brookes.²⁴

²⁵ Yea the Almightie shall bee thy defence, and thou shalt haue plenty of siluer.²⁵

²⁶ For then shalt thou haue thy delight in the Almightie, and shalt lift vp thy face vnto God.

²⁷ Thou shalt make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt pay thy vowes.

²⁸ Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shal be established vnto thee: and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.

²⁹ When men are cast downe, then thou shalt say, There is lifting vp: and he shall saue the humble person.²⁹

³⁰ He shall deliuer the Iland of the innocent: and it is deliuered by the purenesse of thine hands.³⁰

Job Chapter 22 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible)

² Or, if hee may be profitable, doth his good successe depend thereon?
⁶ Heb. stripped the clothes of the naked.
⁸ Heb. the man of arme , Heb. eminent or accepted for countenance.
¹² Heb. the head of the starres.
¹³ Or, what.
¹⁶ Heb. a flood was powred vpon their foundation.
¹⁷ Chap. 21. 14. , Or, to them
¹⁸ Chap. 21. 16.
¹⁹ Psal.107. 42.
²⁰ Or, estate. , Or, their excellencie.
²¹ That is, with God.
²³ Chap.8. 5.
²⁴ Or on the dust.
²⁵ Or, gold. , Heb. siluer of strength.
²⁹ Heb. him that hath lowe eyes.
³⁰ Or, the innocent shall deliuer the Iland.

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