Job 22

Verse 1

WEB Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

KJV Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

TSK No cross references.

Verse 2

WEB “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

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

TSK a man: job 35:6-8, ps 16:2, lu 17:10; as he that, etc: job 21:15, de 10:13, pr 3:13-18, pr 4:7-9, pr 9:12, ec 7:11,12, mt 5:29, ga 6:7,8

Verse 3

WEB Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

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

TSK any pleasure: 1ch 29:17, ps 147:10,11, pr 11:1,20, pr 12:22, pr 15:8, mal 2:17, php 4:18; thou makest: job 23:10-12, ps 39:1, ps 119:3-6,59, ac 24:16, 2co 7:1

Verse 4

WEB Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?

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

TSK reprove: ps 39:11, ps 76:6, ps 80:16, re 3:19; for fear: job 7:12; will he enter: job 9:19,32, job 14:3, job 16:21, job 23:6,7, job 34:23, ps 130:3,4, ps 143:2, ec 12:14, isa 3:14,15

Verse 5

WEB Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.

KJV Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

TSK not thy: job 4:7-11, job 11:14, job 15:5,6,31-34, job 21:27, job 32:3; thine: ps 19:12, ps 40:12

Verse 6

WEB For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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

TSK For thou: job 24:3,9, ex 22:26, de 24:10-18, eze 18:7,12,16, am 2:8; stripped, etc: job 24:10, job 31:19,20

Verse 7

WEB You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

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

TSK not given: job 31:17, de 15:7-11, ps 112:9, pr 11:24,25, pr 19:17, isa 58:7,10, eze 18:7,16, mt 25:42, ro 12:20

Verse 8

WEB But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

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

TSK But as: job 29:7-17, job 31:34, 1ki 21:11-15, ps 12:8, mic 7:3; mighty man: job 13:8

Verse 9

WEB You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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

TSK widows: job 24:3,21, job 29:12,13, job 31:16-18,21, ex 22:21-24, de 27:19, ps 94:6, isa 1:17,23, isa 10:2, eze 22:7, mal 3:5, lu 18:3-5; arms: ps 10:15, ps 37:17, eze 30:22

Verse 10

WEB Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,

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

TSK snares: job 18:8-10, job 19:6, ps 11:6; sudden: job 6:4, job 13:21, pr 1:27, pr 3:25,26, 1th 5:3

Verse 11

WEB or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.

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

TSK darkness: job 18:6,18, job 19:8, pr 4:19, isa 8:22, la 3:2, joe 2:2,3, mt 8:12; abundance: ps 42:7, ps 69:1,2, ps 124:4, la 3:54, jon 2:3

Verse 12

WEB “Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

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

TSK not God: ps 115:3,16, ec 5:2, isa 57:15, isa 66:1; the stars: ps 8:3,4

Verse 13

WEB You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

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

TSK doth God know: ps 10:11, ps 59:7, ps 73:11, ps 94:7-9, eze 8:12, eze 9:9, zep 1:12

Verse 14

WEB Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’

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

TSK Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.: job 34:22, ps 33:14, ps 97:2, ps 139:1,2,11,12, jer 23:24, lu 12:2,3

Verse 15

WEB Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,

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

TSK the old way: ge 6:5,11-13, lu 17:26,27

Verse 16

WEB who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

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

TSK cut down: job 15:32, ps 55:23, ps 102:24, ec 7:17; whose foundation was overflown with a flood: ge 7:11,17-24, mt 24:37-39, 1pe 3:19,20, 2pe 2:5

Verse 17

WEB who said to God, ‘Depart from us;’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’

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

TSK Depart: job 21:10,14,15, isa 30:11, mt 8:29,34, ro 1:28; and what: ps 4:6, mal 3:14

Verse 18

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

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

TSK he filled: job 12:6, 1sa 2:7, ps 17:14, jer 12:2, ac 14:17, ac 15:16; the counsel: job 21:16, ps 1:1

Verse 19

WEB The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

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

TSK righteous: ps 48:11, ps 58:10, ps 97:8, ps 107:42, pr 11:10, re 18:20, re 19:1-3; innocent: job 9:23, ps 52:6

Verse 20

WEB saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’

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

TSK our substance: job 4:7, job 8:3,4, job 15:5,6, job 20:18,19, job 21:27,28, lu 13:1-5; the fire: job 1:16, job 20:26, ge 19:24, lu 17:29,30, 2pe 2:6,7

Verse 21

WEB “Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

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

TSK Acquaint: 1ch 28:9, joh 17:3, 2co 4:6; be at peace: isa 27:5, isa 57:19-21, mt 5:25, ac 10:36, 2co 5:20, php 4:7, eph 2:14-17

Verse 22

WEB Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

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

TSK receive: de 4:1,2, pr 2:1-9, 1th 4:1,2; lay up: job 23:12, de 6:6-9, ps 119:11, pr 4:4,21, jer 15:16, mt 12:35, mt 13:52, lu 2:19,51

Verse 23

WEB If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

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

TSK return: job 8:5,6, job 11:13,14, isa 55:6,7, ho 14:1,2, zec 1:3, ac 26:20; built up: job 12:14, jer 31:4, col 2:7, jude 1:20; thou shalt: job 11:14, job 18:15, jos 7:13-16, isa 33:15, zec 5:3,4; put: 2ti 2:19

Verse 24

WEB Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

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

TSK lay up: 1ki 10:21, 2ch 1:5, 2ch 9:10,27; Ophir: ge 10:29, 1ki 9:28, 1ki 22:48, ps 45:9, isa 13:12

Verse 25

WEB The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

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

TSK the Almighty: ge 15:1, ps 18:2, ps 84:11, isa 41:10, ro 8:31; defence: ps 16:5,6, isa 33:6, 2co 6:10, jas 2:5

Verse 26

WEB For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.

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

TSK shalt thou: job 27:10, job 34:9, ps 37:4, so 2:3, isa 58:14, ro 7:22; lift up: job 11:15, ps 25:1, ps 86:4, ps 143:8, 1jo 3:20,21

Verse 27

WEB You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.

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

TSK make thy: ps 50:14,15, ps 66:17,18-20, ps 91:15, ps 116:1, isa 58:9, 1jo 5:14,15; pay thy: ps 56:12, ps 66:13,14, ps 116:14, ec 5:4, jon 2:9

Verse 28

WEB You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.

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

TSK decree: ps 20:4, ps 90:17, la 3:37, mt 21:22, jas 4:15; the light: job 29:3, ps 97:11, ps 112:4, pr 4:18, isa 30:21, mal 4:2, joh 8:12

Verse 29

WEB When they cast down, you shall say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.

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

TSK men: job 5:19-27, ps 9:2,3, ps 91:14-16, ps 92:9-11; he shall: pr 29:23, isa 57:15, lu 14:11, lu 18:9-14, jas 4:6, 1pe 5:5; the humble person: ps 138:6, isa 66:2, eze 21:26,27, lu 1:52

Verse 30

WEB He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

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

TSK He shall deliver the island of the innocent: job 42:8, ge 18:26-32, isa 58:12, jer 5:1, ac 27:24; pureness: isa 1:15, mal 1:9, mt 17:19,20, ac 19:15,16, 1ti 2:8, jas 5:15,16