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# Job 22 (New King James Version)
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Eliphaz Accuses Job of Wickedness
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##### Chapter 22
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###### 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
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###### 2 "Can a man be profitable to God,
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Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
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###### 3 _Is it_ any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?
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Or _is it_ gain _to Him_ that you make your ways blameless?
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###### 4 "Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,
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And enters into judgment with you?
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###### 5 _Is_ not your wickedness great,
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And your iniquity without end?
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###### 6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason,
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And stripped the naked of their clothing.
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###### 7 You have not given the weary water to drink,
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And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
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###### 8 But the mighty man possessed the land,
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And the honorable man dwelt in it.
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###### 9 You have sent widows away empty,
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And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
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###### 10 Therefore snares _are_ all around you,
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And sudden fear troubles you,
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###### 11 Or darkness _so that_ you cannot see;
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And an abundance of water covers you.
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###### 12 "Is not God in the height of heaven?
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And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!
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###### 13 And you say, 'What does God know?
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Can He judge through the deep darkness?
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###### 14 Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see,
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And He walks above the circle of heaven.'
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###### 15 Will you keep to the old way
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Which wicked men have trod,
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###### 16 Who were cut down before their time,
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Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
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###### 17 They said to God, 'Depart from us!
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What can the Almighty do to them?'
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###### 18 Yet He filled their houses with good _things;_
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But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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###### 19 "The righteous see _it_ and are glad,
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And the innocent laugh at them:
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###### 20 'Surely our adversaries are cut down,
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And the fire consumes their remnant.'
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###### 21 "Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace;
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Thereby good will come to you.
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###### 22 Receive, please, instruction from His mouth,
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And lay up His words in your heart.
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###### 23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
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You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
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###### 24 Then you will lay your gold in the dust,
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And the _gold_ of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
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###### 25 Yes, the Almighty will be your gold
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And your precious silver;
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###### 26 For then you will have your delight in the Almighty,
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And lift up your face to God.
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###### 27 You will make your prayer to Him,
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He will hear you,
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And you will pay your vows.
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###### 28 You will also declare a thing,
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And it will be established for you;
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So light will shine on your ways.
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###### 29 When they cast _you_ down, and you say, 'Exaltation _will come!_'
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Then He will save the humble _person._
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###### 30 He will _even_ deliver one who is not innocent;
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Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands."
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