The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 1 , Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
22:2 'Can a person's actions be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 2 , 'Can a person's actions be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 3 , Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?
22:4 Is it because of your reverence for him that he accuses and judges you?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 4 , Is it because of your reverence for him that he accuses and judges you?
22:5 Not at all! It is because of your wickedness! Your guilt has no limit!
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 5 , Not at all! It is because of your wickedness! Your guilt has no limit!
22:6 'For example, you must have lent money to your friend and then kept the clothing he gave you as a pledge. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 6 , 'For example, you must have lent money to your friend and then kept the clothing he gave you as a pledge. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
22:7 You must have refused water for the thirsty and food for the hungry.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 7 , You must have refused water for the thirsty and food for the hungry.
22:8 After all, you think the land belongs to the powerful and that those who are privileged have a right to it!
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 8 , After all, you think the land belongs to the powerful and that those who are privileged have a right to it!
22:9 You must have sent widows away without helping them and crushed the strength of orphans.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 9 , You must have sent widows away without helping them and crushed the strength of orphans.
22:10 That is why you are surrounded by traps and sudden fears.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 10 , That is why you are surrounded by traps and sudden fears.
22:11 That is why you cannot see in the darkness, and waves of water cover you.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 11 , That is why you cannot see in the darkness, and waves of water cover you.
22:12 'God is so great--higher than the heavens, higher than the farthest stars.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 12 , 'God is so great--higher than the heavens, higher than the farthest stars.
22:13 But you reply, `That's why God can't see what I am doing! How can he judge through the thick darkness?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 13 , But you reply, `That's why God can't see what I am doing! How can he judge through the thick darkness?
22:14 For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us. He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.'
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 14 , For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us. He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.'
22:15 'Will you continue on the old paths where evil people have walked?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 15 , 'Will you continue on the old paths where evil people have walked?
22:16 They were snatched away in the prime of life, and the foundations of their lives were washed away forever.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 16 , They were snatched away in the prime of life, and the foundations of their lives were washed away forever.
22:17 For they said to God, `Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do for us?'
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 17 , For they said to God, `Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do for us?'
22:18 But they forgot that he had filled their homes with good things, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 18 , But they forgot that he had filled their homes with good things, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
22:19 'Now the righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed, and the innocent will laugh them to scorn.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 19 , 'Now the righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed, and the innocent will laugh them to scorn.
22:20 They will say, `Surely our enemies have been destroyed. The last of them have been consumed in the fire.'
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 20 , They will say, `Surely our enemies have been destroyed. The last of them have been consumed in the fire.'
22:21 'Stop quarreling with God! If you agree with him, you will have peace at last, and things will go well for you.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 21 , 'Stop quarreling with God! If you agree with him, you will have peace at last, and things will go well for you.
22:22 Listen to his instructions, and store them in your heart.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 22 , Listen to his instructions, and store them in your heart.
22:23 If you return to the Almighty and clean up your life, you will be restored.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 23 , If you return to the Almighty and clean up your life, you will be restored.
22:24 Give up your lust for money, and throw your precious gold into the river.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 24 , Give up your lust for money, and throw your precious gold into the river.
22:25 Then the Almighty himself will be your treasure. He will be your precious silver!
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 25 , Then the Almighty himself will be your treasure. He will be your precious silver!
22:26 'Then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and look up to God.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 26 , 'Then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and look up to God.
22:27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 27 , You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.
22:28 Whatever you decide to do will be accomplished, and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 28 , Whatever you decide to do will be accomplished, and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
22:29 If someone is brought low and you say, `Help him up,' God will save the downcast.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 29 , If someone is brought low and you say, `Help him up,' God will save the downcast.
22:30 Then even sinners will be rescued by your pure hands.'
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 22 , Verse 30 , Then even sinners will be rescued by your pure hands.'
