# Job 22

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/job/22

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2. Can a man bring benefit to God? For one who understands brings benefit to himself.
3. Does the Almighty delight that you are righteous, or does he profit when you perfect your ways?
4. Does he correct you for your fear? Does he come into judgment with you?
5. Isn't your evil great? There is no end to your iniquities.
6. For you have taken your brother's pledge for nothing, and stripped the naked of their garments.
7. You did not give water to the thirsty to drink, and you denied bread to the hungry.
8. A powerful man possessed the land, and one who showed partiality dwelt in it.
9. You sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans were crushed.
10. Therefore snares surround you, and sudden dread terrifies you.
11. Or darkness, so you cannot see, and floodwaters cover you.
12. Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the highest stars, for they are exalted!
13. And you say, "What does God know? Does he judge through the gloom?
14. Thick clouds cover him so that he does not see, and he walks the circuit of heaven.
15. Will you keep the ancient path that men of iniquity have trodden?
16. who were cut down before their time, whose foundation a river poured out
17. who said to God, “Turn away from us—what can the Almighty do for them?”
18. He filled their houses with good, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19. The righteous see and rejoice, and the innocent mocks them.
20. Surely our substance was not cut down, but fire devoured their remnant.
21. Acquaint yourself now with him, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.
22. Accept instruction now from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.
23. If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; you will remove iniquity far from your tent.
24. Lay gold in the dust, and Ophir among the rocks of the brooks.
25. The Almighty will be your treasure, and silver in abundance for you.
26. For then you will take delight in the Almighty and lift your face to God.
27. Pray to him, and he will hear you; fulfill your vows.
28. You will decree a word, and it will stand for you; light will shine on your paths.
29. When they are brought low, you say, "Exaltation!" and he saves those with humble eyes.
30. He will deliver the innocent island, and it will be delivered through the purity of your hands.

## Nearby chapters

[Job 21](https://www.lumin.faith/read/job/21.md)
[Job 23](https://www.lumin.faith/read/job/23.md)

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