# Job 22 ## Job 22:1 - [KJV] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, - [ASV] Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, - [YLT] And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 22:1 - ## Job 22:2 - [KJV] Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? - [ASV] Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself. - [YLT] To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable? ### Notes on Job 22:2 - ## Job 22:3 - [KJV] *Is it* any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or *is it* gain *to him*, that thou makest thy ways perfect? - [ASV] Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain *to him*, that thou makest thy ways perfect? - [YLT] Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways? ### Notes on Job 22:3 - ## Job 22:4 - [KJV] Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? - [ASV] Is it for thy fear *of him* that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment? - [YLT] Because of thy reverence Doth He reason *with* thee? He entereth with thee into judgment: ### Notes on Job 22:4 - ## Job 22:5 - [KJV] *Is* not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? - [ASV] Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities. - [YLT] Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities. ### Notes on Job 22:5 - ## Job 22:6 - [KJV] For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. - [ASV] For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing. - [YLT] For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off. ### Notes on Job 22:6 - ## Job 22:7 - [KJV] Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. - [ASV] Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. - [YLT] Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread. ### Notes on Job 22:7 - ## Job 22:8 - [KJV] But *as for* the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. - [ASV] But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it. - [YLT] As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it. ### Notes on Job 22:8 - ## Job 22:9 - [KJV] Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. - [ASV] Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. - [YLT] Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised. ### Notes on Job 22:9 - ## Job 22:10 - [KJV] Therefore snares *are* round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; - [ASV] Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee, - [YLT] Therefore round about thee *are* snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly. ### Notes on Job 22:10 - ## Job 22:11 - [KJV] Or darkness, *that* thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. - [ASV] Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee. - [YLT] Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee. ### Notes on Job 22:11 - ## Job 22:12 - [KJV] *Is* not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! - [ASV] Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! - [YLT] Is not God high *in* heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high. ### Notes on Job 22:12 - ## Job 22:13 - [KJV] And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? - [ASV] And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? - [YLT] And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge? ### Notes on Job 22:13 - ## Job 22:14 - [KJV] Thick clouds *are* a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. - [ASV] Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven. - [YLT] Thick clouds *are* a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually, ### Notes on Job 22:14 - ## Job 22:15 - [KJV] Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? - [ASV] Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden? - [YLT] The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden? ### Notes on Job 22:15 - ## Job 22:16 - [KJV] Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: - [ASV] Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream, - [YLT] Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation. ### Notes on Job 22:16 - ## Job 22:17 - [KJV] Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? - [ASV] Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us? - [YLT] Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them? ### Notes on Job 22:17 - ## Job 22:18 - [KJV] Yet he filled their houses with good *things*: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. - [ASV] Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. - [YLT] And he hath filled their houses *with* good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.) ### Notes on Job 22:18 - ## Job 22:19 - [KJV] The righteous see *it*, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. - [ASV] The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn, - [YLT] See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them, ### Notes on Job 22:19 - ## Job 22:20 - [KJV] Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. - [ASV] *Saying*, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed. - [YLT] 'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.' ### Notes on Job 22:20 - ## Job 22:21 - [KJV] Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. - [ASV] Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee. - [YLT] Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase *is* good. ### Notes on Job 22:21 - ## Job 22:22 - [KJV] Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. - [ASV] Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart. - [YLT] Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart. ### Notes on Job 22:22 - ## Job 22:23 - [KJV] If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. - [ASV] If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents. - [YLT] If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents. ### Notes on Job 22:23 - ## Job 22:24 - [KJV] Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the *gold* of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. - [ASV] And lay thou *thy* treasure in the dust, And *the gold of* Ophir among the stones of the brooks; - [YLT] So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering. ### Notes on Job 22:24 - ## Job 22:25 - [KJV] Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. - [ASV] And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee. - [YLT] And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver *is* strength to thee. ### Notes on Job 22:25 - ## Job 22:26 - [KJV] For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. - [ASV] For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God. - [YLT] For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face, ### Notes on Job 22:26 - ## Job 22:27 - [KJV] Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. - [ASV] Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows. - [YLT] Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest. ### Notes on Job 22:27 - ## Job 22:28 - [KJV] Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. - [ASV] Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways. - [YLT] And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone. ### Notes on Job 22:28 - ## Job 22:29 - [KJV] When *men* are cast down, then thou shalt say, *There is* lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. - [ASV] When they cast *thee* down, thou shalt say, *There is* lifting up; And the humble person he will save. - [YLT] For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth. ### Notes on Job 22:29 - ## Job 22:30 - [KJV] He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. - [ASV] He will deliver *even* him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands. - [YLT] He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands. ### Notes on Job 22:30 -