Job 22:4

^22:1THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

^22:1¶ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

^22:2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

^22:2Can a man be profitable vnto God? as ^‖hee that is wise may be profitable vnto himselfe.

^22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

^22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gaine to him, that thou makest thy waies perfite?

^22:5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

^22:5 Is not thy wickednesse great? and thine iniquities infinite?

^22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

^22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and ^†stripped the naked of their clothing.

^22:7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

^22:7Thou hast not giuen water to the wearie to drinke, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

^22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

^22:8But as for the ^†mightie man, hee had the earth, and the ^†honourable man dwelt in it.

^22:9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

^22:9Thou hast sent widowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse haue bene broken.

^22:10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

^22:10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden feare troubleth thee,

^22:11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

^22:11Or darkenes that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters couer thee.

^22:12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

^22:12 Is not God in the height of heauen? and behold the ^†height of the starres how high they are.

^22:13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

^22:13And thou sayest, ^‖How doth God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?

^22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

^22:14Thicke cloudes are a couering to him that he seeth not, and hee walketh in the circuit of heauen.

^22:15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

^22:15Hast thou marked the olde way which wicked men haue troden?

^22:16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

^22:16Which were cut downe out of time, ^†whose foundation was ouerflowen with a flood.

^22:17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

^22:17*Which said vnto God, Depart from vs, and what can the Almightie doe ^‖for them?

^22:18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

^22:18*Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the wicked is farre from me.

^22:19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

^22:19*The righteous see it, and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorne.

^22:20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

^22:20Whereas our ^‖substance is not cut downe, but the ^‖remnant of them the fire consumeth.

^22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

^22:21Acquaint now thy selfe with ^†him, and be at peace: thereby good shal come vnto thee.

^22:22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

^22:22Receiue, I pray thee, the Lawe from his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.

^22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

^22:23*If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be built vp, thou shalt put away iniquitie farre from thy tabernacles.

^22:24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

^22:24Then shalt thou lay vp golde ^‖as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brookes.

^22:25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

^22:25Yea the Almightie shall bee thy ^‖defence, and thou shalt haue ^†plenty of siluer.

^22:26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

^22:26For then shalt thou haue thy delight in the Almightie, and shalt lift vp thy face vnto God.

^22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

^22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt pay thy vowes.

^22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

^22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shal be established vnto thee: and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.

^22:29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

^22:29When men are cast downe, then thou shalt say, There is lifting vp: and he shall saue the ^†humble person.

^22:30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

^22:30‖He shall deliuer the Iland of the innocent: and it is deliuered by the purenesse of thine hands.