Job 22

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites dixit

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

numquid Deo conparari potest homo etiam cum perfectae fuerit scientiae

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

quid prodest Deo si iustus fueris aut quid ei confers si inmaculata fuerit via tua

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

numquid timens arguet te et veniet tecum in iudicium

Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam et infinitas iniquitates tuas

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa et nudos spoliasti vestibus

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

aquam lasso non dedisti et esurienti subtraxisti panem

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

in fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram et potentissimus obtinebas eam

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

viduas dimisisti vacuas et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

propterea circumdatus es laqueis et conturbat te formido subita

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

et putabas te tenebras non visurum et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressurum

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

an cogitas quod Deus excelsior caelo et super stellarum vertices sublimetur

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

et dicis quid enim novit Deus et quasi per caliginem iudicat

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

nubes latibulum eius nec nostra considerat et circa cardines caeli perambulat

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

numquid semitam saeculorum custodire cupis quam calcaverunt viri iniqui

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum

Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

qui dicebant Deo recede a nobis et quasi nihil possit facere Omnipotens aestimabant eum

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis quorum sententia procul sit a me

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

videbunt iusti et laetabuntur et innocens subsannabit eos

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

nonne succisa est erectio eorum et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

adquiesce igitur ei et habeto pacem et per haec habebis fructus optimos

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

suscipe ex ore illius legem et pone sermones eius in corde tuo

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem aedificaberis et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

dabit pro terra silicem et pro silice torrentes aureos

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos et argentum coacervabitur tibi

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

rogabis eum et exaudiet te et vota tua reddes

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

decernes rem et veniet tibi et in viis tuis splendebit lumen

When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

qui enim humiliatus fuerit erit in gloria et qui inclinaverit oculos suos ipse salvabitur

He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

salvabitur innocens salvabitur autem munditia manuum suarum