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Job 22
New International Version

### Eliphaz

22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:

2 “Can a man be of benefit to God?(B)
Can even a wise person benefit him?(C)
3 What pleasure(D) would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?(E)
What would he gain if your ways were blameless?(F)

4 “Is it for your piety that he rebukes you
and brings charges against you?(G)
5 Is not your wickedness great?
Are not your sins(H) endless?(I)
6 You demanded security(J) from your relatives for no reason;(K)
you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(L)
7 You gave no water(M) to the weary
and you withheld food from the hungry,(N)
8 though you were a powerful man, owning land(O)—
an honored man,(P) living on it.(Q)
9 And you sent widows(R) away empty-handed(S)
and broke the strength of the fatherless.(T)
10 That is why snares(U) are all around you,(V)
why sudden peril terrifies you,(W)
11 why it is so dark(X) you cannot see,
and why a flood of water covers you.(Y)

12 “Is not God in the heights of heaven?(Z)
And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know?(AA)
Does he judge through such darkness?(AB)
14 Thick clouds(AC) veil him, so he does not see us(AD)
as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’(AE)
15 Will you keep to the old path
that the wicked(AF) have trod?(AG)
16 They were carried off before their time,(AH)
their foundations(AI) washed away by a flood.(AJ)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’(AK)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(AL)
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(AM)
19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;(AN)
the innocent mock(AO) them, saying,
20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed,(AP)
and fire(AQ) devours their wealth.’

21 “Submit to God and be at peace(AR) with him;(AS)
in this way prosperity will come to you.(AT)
22 Accept instruction from his mouth(AU)
and lay up his words(AV) in your heart.(AW)
23 If you return(AX) to the Almighty, you will be restored:(AY)
If you remove wickedness far from your tent(AZ)
24 and assign your nuggets(BA) to the dust,
your gold(BB) of Ophir(BC) to the rocks in the ravines,(BD)
25 then the Almighty will be your gold,(BE)
the choicest silver for you.(BF)
26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty(BG)
and will lift up your face(BH) to God.(BI)
27 You will pray to him,(BJ) and he will hear you,(BK)
and you will fulfill your vows.(BL)
28 What you decide on will be done,(BM)
and light(BN) will shine on your ways.(BO)
29 When people are brought low(BP) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
then he will save the downcast.(BQ)
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,(BR)
who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”(BS)

#### Cross references

1. Job 22:1 : S Job 4:1
2. Job 22:2 : Lk 17:10
3. Job 22:2 : S Job 7:17
4. Job 22:3 : Isa 1:11; Hag 1:8
5. Job 22:3 : Ps 143:2
6. Job 22:3 : Job 35:7; Pr 9:12
7. Job 22:4 : S Job 9:3; 19:29; Ps 143:2; Isa 3:14; Eze 20:35
8. Job 22:5 : S Ezr 9:13; S Job 15:5
9. Job 22:5 : S Job 15:13; S 20:29; 29:17
10. Job 22:6 : S Ex 22:26
11. Job 22:6 : S 2Ki 4:1
12. Job 22:6 : S Ex 22:27; Dt 24:12-13
13. Job 22:7 : Mt 10:42
14. Job 22:7 : ver 9; Job 29:12; 31:17, 21, 31; Isa 58:7, 10; Eze 18:7; Mt 25:42
15. Job 22:8 : S Job 15:19
16. Job 22:8 : Isa 3:3; 5:13; 9:15
17. Job 22:8 : S Job 12:19
18. Job 22:9 : Job 29:13; 31:16; Ps 146:9
19. Job 22:9 : Job 24:3, 21; Isa 10:2; Lk 1:53
20. Job 22:9 : S ver 7; S Job 6:27; S Isa 1:17
21. Job 22:10 : S Job 18:9
22. Job 22:10 : S Job 10:3
23. Job 22:10 : S Job 15:21
24. Job 22:11 : S Job 5:14
25. Job 22:11 : S Ge 7:23; Job 36:28; 38:34, 37; Ps 69:1-2; 124:4-5; Isa 58:10-11; La 3:54
26. Job 22:12 : S Job 11:8; S 16:19
27. Job 22:13 : ver 14; Ps 10:11; 59:7; 64:5; 73:11; 94:7; Isa 29:15; Eze 9:9; Zep 1:12
28. Job 22:13 : Ps 139:11; Eze 8:12; Eph 6:12
29. Job 22:14 : Job 26:9; Ps 97:2; 105:39
30. Job 22:14 : S ver 13; S 2Ki 21:16
31. Job 22:14 : Job 37:18; Ps 18:11; Pr 8:27; Isa 40:22; Jer 23:23-24
32. Job 22:15 : Job 23:10; 34:36
33. Job 22:15 : Job 34:8; Ps 1:1; 50:18
34. Job 22:16 : S Job 15:32
35. Job 22:16 : S Job 4:19
36. Job 22:16 : S Ge 7:23; Mt 7:26-27
37. Job 22:17 : Job 21:15
38. Job 22:18 : S Job 12:6
39. Job 22:18 : S Job 21:16
40. Job 22:19 : Ps 5:11; 9:2; 32:11; 58:10; 64:10; 97:12; 107:42
41. Job 22:19 : Job 21:3; Ps 52:6
42. Job 22:20 : Ps 18:39
43. Job 22:20 : S Job 15:30
44. Job 22:21 : Isa 26:3, 12; 27:5; Ro 5:1
45. Job 22:21 : S Ge 17:1; Jer 9:24
46. Job 22:21 : S Job 8:7; Ps 34:8-10; Pr 3:10; 1Pe 5:6
47. Job 22:22 : S Dt 8:3
48. Job 22:22 : S Job 6:10
49. Job 22:22 : S Job 15:11; 28:23; Ps 37:31; 40:8; Pr 2:6; Eze 3:10
50. Job 22:23 : Isa 31:6; 44:22; 55:7; 59:20; Jer 3:14, 22; Eze 18:32; Zec 1:3; Mal 3:7
51. Job 22:23 : S Job 5:24; Isa 19:22; Ac 20:32
52. Job 22:23 : Job 11:14
53. Job 22:24 : Job 28:6
54. Job 22:24 : Ps 19:10
55. Job 22:24 : S Ge 10:29
56. Job 22:24 : S Job 1:10; 31:25; Isa 2:20; 30:22; 31:7; 40:19-20; Mt 6:19
57. Job 22:25 : Job 31:24; Ps 49:6; 52:7; Pr 11:28
58. Job 22:25 : 2Ki 18:7; Isa 33:6; Mt 6:20-21
59. Job 22:26 : Job 27:10; Ps 2:8; 16:6; 37:4; Isa 58:14; 61:10
60. Job 22:26 : Job 11:15
61. Job 22:26 : Job 11:17; 33:26; Ps 27:6; 100:1
62. Job 22:27 : S Job 5:27
63. Job 22:27 : S Job 5:15; S Ps 86:7; S Isa 30:19
64. Job 22:27 : S Nu 30:2
65. Job 22:28 : Ps 103:11; 145:19
66. Job 22:28 : Job 33:28; Ps 97:11; Pr 4:18
67. Job 22:28 : S Job 11:17
68. Job 22:29 : S Est 5:12
69. Job 22:29 : Ps 18:27; S Mt 23:12
70. Job 22:30 : Isa 1:18; Ro 4:5
71. Job 22:30 : S 2Sa 22:21

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