JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 22Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 22ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said: 2Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge? 3What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted? 4Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment: 5And not for thy manifold wickedness and thy infinite iniquities? 6For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing. 7Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry. 8In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it. 9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces. 10Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee. 11And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters? 12Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars? 13And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist. 14The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven. 15Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have spurned? 16Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation. 17Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing: 18Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me. 19The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn. 20Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them? 21Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits. 22Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. 23If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle. 24He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold. 25And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee. 26Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God. 27Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows. 28Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways. 29For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved. 30The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands. ‹Previous chapterJob 21Next chapterJob 23›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 22 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain