Job:22

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* Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said , * Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge ? * 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 ? * 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 ? * Is not thy wickedness abundant , and thy sins innumerable ? * And thou hast taken security of thy brethren for nothing , and hast taken away the clothing of the naked . * Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink , but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry . * 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 . * But thou hast sent widows away empty , and has afflicted orphans . * Therefore snares have compassed thee , and disastrous war has troubled thee . * The light has proved darkness to thee , and water has covered thee on thy lying down . * Does not he that dwells in the high places observe ? and has he not brought down the proud ? * And thou has said , What does the Mighty One know ? does he judge in the dark ? * A cloud is his hiding-place , and he shall not be seen ; and he passes through the circle of heaven . * Wilt thou not mark the (note :)Gr . eternal (:note ) old way , which Grabe conjectures adikoi , unjust righteous men have trodden ? * who were seized before their time : their foundations are as an overflowing stream . * Who say , What will the Lord do to us ? or what will the Almighty bring upon us ? * Yet he filled their houses with good things : but the counsel for the wicked is far from him . * The righteous have seen it , and laughed , and the blameless one has derided them . * Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed , and the fire shall devour what is left of their property . * Be firm , I pray thee , if thou canst endure ; then thy fruit shall prosper . * And receive a declaration from his mouth , and lay up his words in thine heart . * And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord , thou hast thus removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation . * 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 . * So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies , and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire . * Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord , looking up cheerfully to heaven . * And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him , and he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows . * And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths . * Because thou hast humbled thyself ; and thou shalt say , Man has behaved proudly , but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes . * He shall deliver the innocent , and do thou save thyself by thy pure hands .

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