bes - 22

bes@Job:22:1 @ Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,

bes@Job:22:2 @ Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?

bes@Job:22:3 @ For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest (note:)Gr. simplify(:note) perfect thy way?

bes@Job:22:4 @ Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? and (note:)Alex. elegxei se, i. e., will he reprove thee because he takes account of thee?(:note) will he enter into judgement with thee?

bes@Job:22:5 @ Is not thy wickedness abundant, and thy sins innumerable?

bes@Job:22:6 @ And thou hast taken security of thy brethren for nothing, and hast taken away the clothing of the naked.

bes@Job:22:7 @ Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry.

bes@Job:22:8 @ And (note:)Great variation from the Hebrew(:note) thou hast accepted the persons of some; and thou hast established those that were already settled on the earth.

bes@Job:22:9 @ But thou hast sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans.

bes@Job:22:10 @ Therefore snares have compassed thee, and disastrous war has troubled thee.

bes@Job:22:11 @ The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down.

bes@Job:22:12 @ Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?

bes@Job:22:13 @ And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?

bes@Job:22:14 @ A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.

bes@Job:22:15 @ Wilt thou not mark the (note:)Gr. eternal(:note) old way, which Grabe conjectures adikoi, unjust righteous men have trodden?

bes@Job:22:16 @ who were seized before their time: their foundations are as an overflowing stream.

bes@Job:22:17 @ Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us?

bes@Job:22:18 @ Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him.

bes@Job:22:19 @ The righteous have seen it, and laughed, and the blameless one has derided them.

bes@Job:22:20 @ Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their property.

bes@Job:22:21 @ Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper.

bes@Job:22:22 @ And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

bes@Job:22:23 @ And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast thus removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation.

bes@Job:22:24 @ Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; and (note:)Alex. Ophir(:note) Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent.

bes@Job:22:25 @ So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.

bes@Job:22:26 @ Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.

bes@Job:22:27 @ And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows.

bes@Job:22:28 @ And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths.

bes@Job:22:29 @ Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, Man has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.

bes@Job:22:30 @ He shall deliver the innocent, and do thou save thyself by thy pure hands.

Job 22