# Job 22 (New King James Version)
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Wickedness

##### Chapter 22
###### 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

###### 2 "Can a man be profitable to God,  
Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?  

###### 3 _Is it_ any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?  
Or _is it_ gain _to Him_ that you make your ways blameless?

###### 4 "Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,  
And enters into judgment with you?  

###### 5 _Is_ not your wickedness great,  
And your iniquity without end?  

###### 6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason,  
And stripped the naked of their clothing.  

###### 7 You have not given the weary water to drink,  
And you have withheld bread from the hungry.  

###### 8 But the mighty man possessed the land,  
And the honorable man dwelt in it.  

###### 9 You have sent widows away empty,  
And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.  

###### 10 Therefore snares _are_ all around you,  
And sudden fear troubles you,  

###### 11 Or darkness _so that_ you cannot see;  
And an abundance of water covers you.

###### 12 "Is not God in the height of heaven?  
And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!  

###### 13 And you say, 'What does God know?  
Can He judge through the deep darkness?  

###### 14 Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see,  
And He walks above the circle of heaven.'  

###### 15 Will you keep to the old way  
Which wicked men have trod,  

###### 16 Who were cut down before their time,  
Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?  

###### 17 They said to God, 'Depart from us!  
What can the Almighty do to them?'  

###### 18 Yet He filled their houses with good _things;_  
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

###### 19 "The righteous see _it_ and are glad,  
And the innocent laugh at them:  

###### 20 'Surely our adversaries are cut down,  
And the fire consumes their remnant.'

###### 21 "Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace;  
Thereby good will come to you.  

###### 22 Receive, please, instruction from His mouth,  
And lay up His words in your heart.  

###### 23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;  
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.  

###### 24 Then you will lay your gold in the dust,  
And the _gold_ of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.  

###### 25 Yes, the Almighty will be your gold  
And your precious silver;  

###### 26 For then you will have your delight in the Almighty,  
And lift up your face to God.  

###### 27 You will make your prayer to Him,  
He will hear you,  
And you will pay your vows.  

###### 28 You will also declare a thing,  
And it will be established for you;  
So light will shine on your ways.  

###### 29 When they cast _you_ down, and you say, 'Exaltation _will come!_'  
Then He will save the humble _person._  

###### 30 He will _even_ deliver one who is not innocent;  
Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands."