{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:01:04.663Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelled in it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Which said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come to you."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"You shall make your prayer to him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you: and the light shall shine on your ways."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 22 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 22](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/22 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}