{"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/erv/job/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:27:19.228Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Can a man be profitable unto God? surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, that he entereth with thee into judgment?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Is not thy wickedness great? neither is there any end to thine iniquities."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man, he dwelt in it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thou hast sent widows away empty, 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 abundance of waters cover thee."},{"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 thou sayest, What doth God know? can he judge through the thick darkness?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Who said unto God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do for us?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Yet he fired 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":"Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire hath consumed."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And the Almighty shall be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For 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 shall hear thee; and thou shalt pay thy vows."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and the humble person he shall save."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"He shall deliver even him that is not innocent: yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thine hands."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 22 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 22](https://primebible.com/erv/job/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/22 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}