{"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/dbt/job/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:46:46.927Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Yet he filled their houses with good. 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":"Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents,"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 22 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 22](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/22 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}