1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)
Job 22
1 Eliphaz sheweth that man's goodness profiteth not God. 5 He accuseth Job of divers sins. 21 He exhorteth him to repentance, with promises of mercy.

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Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

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Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself!

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Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways?

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Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment?

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Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, [are not] thine iniquities?

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Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

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No waterto the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld bread:

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A man of might, to him, pertaineth the land, and, the favorite, dwelleth therein:

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Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.

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For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly;

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Or darknessthou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee.

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Is not, GOD, [in] the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.

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Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?

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Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?

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The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?

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Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?

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Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! andWhat can the Almighty do for himself?

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Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me:

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The righteous shall see and rejoice, and, the innocent, shall laugh them to scorn:

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If our assailants do not vanish, then, their abundance, a fire consumeth!

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Shew thyself to be one with himI pray theeand prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing.

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Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouthinstruction,and lay up his sayings in thy heart.

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If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,

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Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold:

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So shall, the Almighty, become, thy precious ores, yea glittering silver unto thee!

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For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift upunto GODthy face;

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Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay;

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And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light;

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When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save;

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He shall deliver the innocent, and thou shalt escape by the pureness of thy hands.