{"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/kjv/job/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:48:17.862Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"<i>Is it</i> any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or <i>is it</i> gain <i>to him</i>, that thou makest thy ways perfect?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"<i>Is</i> not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For thou hast taken a pledge from 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 <i>as for</i> the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man 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 <i>are</i> round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Or darkness, <i>that</i> thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"<i>Is</i> not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thick clouds <i>are</i> a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Yet he filled their houses with good <i>things</i>: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The righteous see <i>it</i>, 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 consumeth."},{"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, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the <i>gold</i> of Ophir as the stones of the brooks."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For then shalt thou have thy delight 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 the light shall shine upon thy ways."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"When <i>men</i> are cast down, then thou shalt say, <i>There is</i> 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 thine hands."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 22 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 22](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/22 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}