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Job
Explores the themes of suffering and faith through the story of Job, a man tested by losing everything.
Chapter 22
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1
KJV:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Geneva:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
2
KJV:
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Geneva:
May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?
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?
Geneva:
Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright?
4
KJV:
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Geneva:
Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement?
5
KJV:
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
Geneva:
Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
6
KJV:
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Geneva:
For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
7
KJV:
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Geneva:
To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
8
KJV:
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
Geneva:
But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.
9
KJV:
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Geneva:
Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, & the armes of the fatherles were broken.
10
KJV:
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Geneva:
Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shal suddenly trouble thee:
11
KJV:
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Geneva:
Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, & abundance of waters shal couer thee.
12
KJV:
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Geneva:
Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
13
KJV:
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Geneva:
But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
14
KJV:
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Geneva:
The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
15
KJV:
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Geneva:
Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
16
KJV:
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Geneva:
Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
17
KJV:
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Geneva:
Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, & asked what the Almightie could do for them.
18
KJV:
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Geneva:
Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
19
KJV:
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Geneva:
The righteous shal see them, & shal reioyce, and the innocent shal laugh them to scorne.
20
KJV:
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
Geneva:
Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.
21
KJV:
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Geneva:
Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
22
KJV:
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Geneva:
Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.
23
KJV:
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Geneva:
If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.
24
KJV:
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Geneva:
Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
25
KJV:
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
Geneva:
Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
26
KJV:
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Geneva:
And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
27
KJV:
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Geneva:
Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, & he shal heare thee, & thou shalt render thy vowes.
28
KJV:
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Geneva:
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shal establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
29
KJV:
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Geneva:
When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.
30
KJV:
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
Geneva:
The innocent shal deliuer the yland, & it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
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