{"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/ylt/job/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:25:47.342Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","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 answereth and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Because of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth in it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore round about thee are snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Is not God high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And thou hast said, 'What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thick clouds are a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And he hath filled their houses with good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase is good."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver is strength to thee."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 22 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 22](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/22 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}