Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Translation comparison
Job 22
30 aligned verses; 30 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
"
Can a man be profitable
to God? Surely
he
who
is
wise is
profitable
to
himself.
“
Can a man be of
use
to God? Can
even
a
wise man
benefit
Him?
Is
it any
pleasure
to
the Almighty ,
that you are righteous? Or
does it
benefit
him,
that
you
make
your ways perfect
?
Does
it delight
the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He
profit
if
your ways are
blameless
?
Is it for your piety
that he reproves
you ,
That
he
enters with
you
into judgment?
Is it for your reverence
that He rebukes
you and
enters into judgment against
you
?
Isn't
your wickedness great? Neither
is
there
any
end
to
your iniquities .
Is
not
your wickedness great? Are
not
your iniquities endless?
For you have
taken
pledges
from your brother
for
nothing,
And stripped
the naked of their clothing.
For you needlessly
demanded
security
from your brothers
and deprived
the naked of their clothing.
You haven't
given
water to the weary to
drink,
And you
have
withheld bread
from the hungry.
You gave
no
water to the weary and withheld food
from the famished,
But
as
for
the mighty man, he
had
the
earth.
The
honorable
man ,
he
lived in
it.
while
the land
belonged
to
a
mighty man, and
a
man of
honor
lived on
it.
You have
sent widows away empty, And the arms
of the fatherless have
been
broken
.
You sent widows away empty -handed
, and the strength
of the fatherless was
crushed
.
Therefore snares are
round
about
you .
Sudden fear
troubles
you ,
Therefore snares surround
you ,
and
sudden peril
terrifies
you ;
Or
darkness,
so that
you can
not
see, And floods
of waters
cover
you.
it
is
so dark
you cannot
see, and a
flood
of water
covers
you.
"Isn't
God in
the heights
of
heaven
? See
the
height
of
the stars, how high
they are!
Is
not
God as
high
as
the heavens
? Look
at
the highest
stars, how lofty
they are!
You say ,
'
What does God know? Can
he judge through the
thick darkness?
Yet
you say :
‘
What does God know? Does
He judge through thick darkness?
Thick clouds are
a
covering
to
him ,
so that
he doesn't
see .
He walks
on
the vault of the
sky
. '
Thick clouds veil
Him so He does
not
see us
as
He traverses
the vault of heaven
. ’
Will you keep
the old
way
Which
wicked men have trodden,
Will you stay
on
the ancient
path
that
wicked men have trod?
Who
were snatched away before their time, Whose
foundation
was
poured
out
as
a stream,
They
were snatched away before their time, and
their
foundations
were
swept
away
by
a flood.
Who
said to God, '
Depart from us ;'
And,
'
What can the Almighty do for
us? '
They
said to God, ‘
Depart from us .
What can the Almighty do to
us? ’
Yet
he filled their houses with good things ,
But
the counsel of the wicked is
far
from
me
.
But
it
was
He who
filled their houses with good things ;
so
I
stay
far
from
the counsel of the wicked.
The righteous see it ,
and are glad; The innocent ridicule
them ,
The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock
them :
Saying,
'
Surely those
who
rose
up
against
us
are cut
off
, The
fire has consumed the
remnant
of
them
. '
‘
Surely our
foes
are destroyed
, and
fire has consumed their
excess
. ’
"Acquaint
yourself
with
him,
now ,
and be at peace .
Thereby good shall
come to you.
Reconcile
now and be at peace with
Him;
thereby good will
come to you.
Please
receive instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart.
Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
If you return to the Almighty, you shall
be built
up,
If you put
away
unrighteousness
far
from your tents .
If you return to the Almighty, you will
be restored.
If you remove
injustice
from your tents
Lay
your treasure
in
the dust ,
The gold of Ophir among
the stones of the brooks.
and
consign
your gold
to
the dust and
the gold of Ophir to
the stones of the ravines,
The Almighty will be your treasure,
Precious
silver to
you.
then
the Almighty will be your gold
and
the
finest
silver for
you.
For
then shall
you delight yourself
in the Almighty ,
And shall
lift up your face to God.
Surely
then you will
delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
You shall
make
your
prayer
to him, and he will hear you .
You shall
pay
your vows.
You will
pray
to Him, and He will hear you ,
and
you will
fulfill
your vows.
You
shall
also
decree
a
thing
, and it
shall
be
established
to
you.
Light shall
shine on your ways.
Your
decisions
will
be
carried
out
, and light will
shine on your ways.
When they
cast
down,
you shall
say, 'be
lifted
up .'
He will save the humble
person
.
When men
are
brought
low
and
you say, ‘Lift
them
up !’
then
He will save the lowly
.
He will even
deliver him
who is not innocent ;
Yes
, he
shall
be
delivered
through the cleanness of your hands. "
He will deliver even
one
who is not innocent, rescuing
him
through the cleanness of your hands. ”
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