Job 22 – Studienbibel

1 Then Eliphaz464 the Temanite8489 answered6030 and said559, 2 Can a man1397 be profitable5532 unto God410, as3588 he that is wise7919 may be profitable5532 unto himself?¹ 3 Is it any pleasure2656 to the Almighty7706, that thou art righteous6663? or is it gain1215 to him, that thou makest thy ways1870 perfect8552? 4 Will he reprove3198 thee for fear3374 of thee? will he enter935 with thee into judgment4941?

5 Is not thy wickedness7451 great7227? and thine iniquities5771 infinite7093? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge2254 from thy brother251 for nought2600, and stripped6584 the naked6174 of their clothing899.² 7 Thou hast not given water4325 to the weary5889 to drink8248, and thou hast withholden4513 bread3899 from the hungry7457. 8 But as for the mighty2220 man376, he had the earth776; and the honourable man5375 6440 dwelt3427 in it.³⁴ 9 Thou hast sent7971 widows490 away empty7387, and the arms2220 of the fatherless3490 have been broken1792. 10 Therefore snares6341 are round about5439 thee, and sudden6597 fear6343 troubleth926 thee; 11 Or darkness2822, that thou canst not see7200; and abundance8229 of waters4325 cover3680 thee. 12 Is not God433 in the height1363 of heaven8064? and behold7200 the height7218 of the stars3556, how high7311 they are!⁵ 13 And thou sayest559, How doth God410 know3045? can he judge8199 through the dark cloud6205?⁶ 14 Thick clouds5645 are a covering5643 to him, that he seeth7200 not; and he walketh1980 in the circuit2329 of heaven8064.

15 Hast thou marked8104 the old5769 way734 which wicked205 men4962 have trodden1869? 16 Which were cut down7059 out of time6256, whose foundation3247 was overflown3332 with a flood5104:⁷ 17 Which said559 unto God410, Depart5493 from us: and what can the Almighty7706 do6466 for them?⁸ 18 Yet he filled4390 their houses1004 with good2896 things: but the counsel6098 of the wicked7563 is far7368 from me. 19 The righteous6662 see7200 it, and are glad8055: and the innocent5355 laugh them to scorn3932. 20 Whereas518 our substance7009 is not cut down3582, but the remnant3499 of them the fire784 consumeth398.⁹¹⁰

21 Acquaint5532 now thyself with him, and be at peace7999: thereby good2896 shall come935 unto thee.¹¹ 22 Receive3947, I pray thee, the law8451 from his mouth6310, and lay up7760 his words561 in thine heart3824. 23 If thou return7725 to the Almighty7706, thou shalt be built up1129, thou shalt put away7368 iniquity5766 far7368 from thy tabernacles168. 24 Then shalt thou lay up7896 gold1220 as5921 dust6083, and the gold of Ophir211 as the stones6697 of the brooks5158.¹² 25 Yea, the Almighty7706 shall be thy defence1220, and thou shalt have plenty8443 of silver3701.¹³¹⁴ 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight6026 in the Almighty7706, and shalt lift up5375 thy face6440 unto God433. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer6279 unto him, and he shall hear8085 thee, and thou shalt pay7999 thy vows5088. 28 Thou shalt also decree1504 a thing562, and it shall be established6965 unto thee: and the light216 shall shine5050 upon thy ways1870. 29 When men are cast down8213, then thou shalt say559, There is lifting up1466; and he shall save3467 the humble7807 person5869.¹⁵ 30 He shall deliver4422 the island336 of the innocent5355: and it is delivered4422 by the pureness1252 of thine hands3709.¹⁶