Job 22
- 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
- 2Can a man be profitable to God, as he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
- 3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?
- 4Will he correct you for fear of you? Will he enter with you into judgment?
- 5Is not your evil great? And your wrongdoings infinite?
- 6For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- 7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have kept back bread from the hungry.
- 8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth, and the honorable man lived in it.
- 9You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the orphan have been broken.
- 10Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you,
- 11Or darkness, that you cannot see, and abundance of waters cover you.
- 12Is not God in the height of heaven? And look at the height of the stars, how high they are!
- 13And you say, How does God know? Can he judge through the dark cloud?
- 14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he does not see, and he walks in the circuit of heaven.
- 15Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trampled?
- 16Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood.
- 17Who said to God, Go away from us, and what can the Almighty do for them?
- 18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- 19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
- 20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
- 21Get to know him now, and be at peace: by it good shall come to you.
- 22Receive, I urge you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
- 23If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away wrongdoing far from your tents.
- 24Then you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
- 25Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.
- 26For then you shall have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
- 27You shall make your prayer to him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
- 28You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you: and the light shall shine on your ways.
- 29When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up, and he shall save the humble person.
- 30He shall deliver the island of the innocent, and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Job 22 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVCan a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
GIGAKJVCan a man be profitable to God, as he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
KJVIs it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
GIGAKJVIs it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?
KJVWill he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
GIGAKJVWill he correct you for fear of you? Will he enter with you into judgment?
KJVIs not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
GIGAKJVIs not your evil great? And your wrongdoings infinite?
KJVFor thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
GIGAKJVFor you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
KJVThou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
GIGAKJVYou have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have kept back bread from the hungry.
KJVBut as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
GIGAKJVBut as for the mighty man, he had the earth, and the honorable man lived in it.
KJVThou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
GIGAKJVYou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the orphan have been broken.
KJVTherefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
GIGAKJVTherefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you,
KJVOr darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
GIGAKJVOr darkness, that you cannot see, and abundance of waters cover you.
KJVIs not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
GIGAKJVIs not God in the height of heaven? And look at the height of the stars, how high they are!
KJVAnd thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
GIGAKJVAnd you say, How does God know? Can he judge through the dark cloud?
KJVThick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
GIGAKJVThick clouds are a covering to him, that he does not see, and he walks in the circuit of heaven.
KJVHast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
GIGAKJVHave you marked the old way which wicked men have trampled?
KJVWhich were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
GIGAKJVWho were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood.
KJVWhich said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
GIGAKJVWho said to God, Go away from us, and what can the Almighty do for them?
KJVWhereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
GIGAKJVWhereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
KJVAcquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
GIGAKJVGet to know him now, and be at peace: by it good shall come to you.
KJVReceive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
GIGAKJVReceive, I urge you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
KJVIf thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
GIGAKJVIf you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away wrongdoing far from your tents.
KJVThen shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
GIGAKJVThen you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
KJVYea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
GIGAKJVYes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.
KJVFor then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
GIGAKJVFor then you shall have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
KJVThou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
GIGAKJVYou shall make your prayer to him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
KJVThou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
GIGAKJVYou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you: and the light shall shine on your ways.
KJVWhen men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
GIGAKJVWhen men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up, and he shall save the humble person.
KJVHe shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
GIGAKJVHe shall deliver the island of the innocent, and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.
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