Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, (22:1)

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

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

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? (22:4)

[Is] not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? (22:5)

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

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

But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it (22:8)

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

Therefore snares [are] round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; (22:10)

Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee (22:11)

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

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

Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven (22:14)

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

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

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

Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me (22:18)

The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn (22:19)

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

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

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

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

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks (22:24)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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