Job 22:1 (NLT) - 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Job Chapter 1 to 42)
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Job 22:2 (NLT) - 2 “Can a person do anything to help God? Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
Job 22:3 (NLT) - 3 Is it any advantage to the Almighty if you are righteous? Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?
Job 22:4 (NLT) - 4 Is it because you’re so pious that he accuses you and brings judgment against you?
Job 22:5 (NLT) - 5 No, it’s because of your wickedness! There’s no limit to your sins.
Job 22:6 (NLT)
6 “For example, you must have lent money to your friend and demanded clothing as security. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
6 “For example, you must have lent money to your friend and demanded clothing as security. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
Job 22:7 (NLT)
7 You must have refused water for the thirsty and food for the hungry.
7 You must have refused water for the thirsty and food for the hungry.
Job 22:8 (NLT)
You probably think that the land belongs to the powerful
and only the privileged have a right to it!
You probably think that the land belongs to the powerful
and only the privileged have a right to it!
Job 22:9 (NLT)
You must have sent widows away empty-handed
and crushed the hopes of orphans.
You must have sent widows away empty-handed
and crushed the hopes of orphans.
Job 22:10 (NLT)
That is why you are surrounded by traps
and tremble with sudden fears.
That is why you are surrounded by traps
and tremble with sudden fears.
Job 22:11 (NLT)
That is why you cannot see in the darkness,
and waves of water cover you.
That is why you cannot see in the darkness,
and waves of water cover you.
Job 22:12 (NLT)
God is so great __ higher than the heavens
higher than the farthest stars.
God is so great __ higher than the heavens
higher than the farthest stars.
Job 22:13 (NLT)
But you reply, 'that's why God cannot see what I am doing.
How can he see through the thick darkness!
But you reply, 'that's why God cannot see what I am doing.
How can he see through the thick darkness!
Job 22:14 (NLT)
For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us.
He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.'
For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us.
He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.'
Job 22:15 (NLT)
Will you continue on the old paths
where evil people have walked?
Will you continue on the old paths
where evil people have walked?
Job 22:16 (NLT)
They were snatched away in the prime of life,
the foundations of their lives washed away.
They were snatched away in the prime of life,
the foundations of their lives washed away.
Job 22:17 (NLT)
17 For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’
17 For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’
Job 22:18 (NLT)
18 Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
18 Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
Job 22:19 (NLT)
19 “The righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed, and the innocent will laugh in contempt.
19 “The righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed, and the innocent will laugh in contempt.
Job 22:20 (NLT)
20 They will say, ‘See how our enemies have been destroyed. The last of them have been consumed in the fire.’
20 They will say, ‘See how our enemies have been destroyed. The last of them have been consumed in the fire.’
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