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Job 22

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBThen Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
    KJVThen Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
  2. 2
    WEB“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
    KJVCan a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
  3. 3
    WEBIs it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
    KJVIs it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
  4. 4
    WEBIs it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
    KJVWill he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
  5. 5
    WEBIsn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
    KJVIs not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
  6. 6
    WEBFor you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
    KJVFor thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
  7. 7
    WEBYou haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
    KJVThou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
  8. 8
    WEBBut as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
    KJVBut as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
  9. 9
    WEBYou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
    KJVThou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
  10. 10
    WEBTherefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
    KJVTherefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
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    WEBor darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
    KJVOr darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
  12. 12
    WEB“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
    KJVIs not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
  13. 13
    WEBYou say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
    KJVAnd thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
  14. 14
    WEBThick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
    KJVThick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
  15. 15
    WEBWill you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
    KJVHast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
  16. 16
    WEBwho were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
    KJVWhich were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
  17. 17
    WEBwho said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
    KJVWhich said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
  18. 18
    WEBYet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
    KJVYet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  19. 19
    WEBThe righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
    KJVThe righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
  20. 20
    WEBsaying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
    KJVWhereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
  21. 21
    WEB“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
    KJVAcquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
  22. 22
    WEBPlease receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
    KJVReceive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
  23. 23
    WEBIf you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
    KJVIf thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
  24. 24
    WEBLay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
    KJVThen shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
  25. 25
    WEBThe Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
    KJVYea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
  26. 26
    WEBFor then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
    KJVFor then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
  27. 27
    WEBYou will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
    KJVThou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
  28. 28
    WEBYou will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
    KJVThou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
  29. 29
    WEBWhen they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
    KJVWhen men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
  30. 30
    WEBHe will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
    KJVHe shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
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