{"id":1291,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job22\/"},"modified":"2019-07-28T12:27:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T16:27:18","slug":"job22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job22\/","title":{"rendered":"Job 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 22<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"add\">Is it<\/span> any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or <span class=\"add\">is it<\/span> gain <span class=\"add\">to him<\/span> that thou makest thy ways perfect?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"add\">Is<\/span> not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But <span class=\"add\">as for<\/span> the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Therefore snares <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Or darkness, <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"add\">Is<\/span> not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thick clouds <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Yet he filled their houses with good <span class=\"add\">things:<\/span> but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The righteous see <span class=\"add\">it,<\/span> and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the <span class=\"add\">gold<\/span> of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span>When <span class=\"add\">men<\/span> are cast down, then thou shalt say, <span class=\"add\">There is<\/span> lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V30\">30\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Job Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job28\">28<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job29\">29<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job30\">30<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job31\">31<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job32\">32<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job33\">33<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job34\">34<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job35\">35<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job36\">36<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job37\">37<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job38\">38<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job39\">39<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job40\">40<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job41\">41<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/job42\">42<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 1\u00a0Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2\u00a0Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 3\u00a0 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect? 4\u00a0Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? 5\u00a0 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 6\u00a0For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7\u00a0Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8\u00a0But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9\u00a0Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10\u00a0Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; 11\u00a0Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. 12\u00a0 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13\u00a0And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14\u00a0Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 15\u00a0Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16\u00a0Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17\u00a0Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18\u00a0Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19\u00a0The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20\u00a0Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-job"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3260,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}