1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 Can a man be profitable to God? Though to himself a wise man be profitable!
3 Is it of advantage to the Almighty if you are just? Or is it a gain to him if you make your ways perfect?
4 Is it because of your piety that he reproves you-- that he enters with you into judgment?
5 Is not your wickedness manifold? Are not your iniquities endless?
6 You have unjustly kept your kinsmen's goods in pawn, left them stripped naked of their clothing.
7 To the thirsty you have given no water to drink, and from the hungry you have withheld bread;
8 As if the land belonged to the man of might, and only the privileged were to dwell in it.
9 You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the resources of orphans you have destroyed.
10 Therefore snares are round about you, and a sudden terror causes you dismay,
11 Or darkness, in which you cannot see; a deluge of waters covers you.
12 Does not God, in the heights of the heavens, behold the stars, high though they are?
13 Yet you say, "What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 Clouds hide him so that he cannot see; he walks upon the vault of the heavens!"
15 Do you indeed keep to the ancient way trodden by worthless men,
16 Who were snatched away before their time; whose foundations a flood swept away?
17 These men said to God, "Depart from us!" and, "What can the Almighty do to us?"
18 (Yet he had filled their houses with good things! But far be from me the mind of the impious!)
19 The just look on and are gladdened, and the innocent deride them:
20 "Truly these have been destroyed where they stood, and such as were left, fire has consumed!"
21 Come to terms with him to be at peace. In this shall good come to you:
22 Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; if you put iniquity far from your tent,
24 And treat raw gold like dust, and the fine gold of Ophir as pebbles from the brook,
25 Then the Almighty himself shall be your gold and your sparkling silver.
26 For then you shall delight in the Almighty and you shall lift up your face toward God.
27 You shall entreat him and he will hear you, and your vows you shall fulfill.
28 When you make a decision, it shall succeed for you, and upon your ways the light shall shine.
29 For he brings down the pride of the haughty, but the man of humble mien he saves.
30 God delivers him who is innocent; you shall be delivered through cleanness of hands.
Versículos relacionados com Job, 22:
In Chapter 22 of Job's book, Job's friend Elifaz accuses Job of sinning against God and suggests that his sufferings are a divine punishment. Elifaz argues that if Job repents and turning to God, He will be restored and blessed again. However, Job affirms his innocence and continues to question why God allowed him to suffer so much. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Job 22:
Psalm 37:25: "I have been a young man, and now I am old; but I have never seen the righteous helpless, nor his offspring to beg the bread." This verse suggests that God does not abandon the righteous, contrary to Elifaz's statement that Job suffers because of his sins.
Proverbs 11:8: "The righteous is delivered from anguish, and the wicked comes in its place." This verse can be seen as an answer to Elifaz's accusations that Job is suffering because he sinned.
Isaiah 55:6-7: "Seek the Lord as long as one can find, invoke him while he is near. Leave the wicked his way, and the evil man his thoughts; and converts to the Lord, who shall be sympathized; To our God, because it is great to forgive. " Elifaz insists that Job needs to repent and turn to God to be restored, and this verse can be seen as a similar exhortation.
Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things contribute together to the good of those who love God, those who are called by their decree." This verse suggests that God can even use bad things for the good of His children, which is a concept that Job is struggling to understand.
Hebrews 12:6: "For the Lord corrects what he loves, and whipping to anyone he receives for his son." This verse can be seen as an answer to Elifaz's statement that Job is suffering because God is punishing his sins. He suggests that God disciplines those whom He loves, which may be an aspect of Job's suffering.
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