1 Eliphaz of Teman spoke next. He said:
2 Can a human being contribute anything to God, when even someone intelligent can benefit only himself?
3 Does Shaddai derive any benefit from your uprightness, or profit from your blameless conduct?
4 Do you think he is punishing you for your piety and bringing you to justice for that?
5 No, for your great wickedness, more likely, for your unlimited sins!
6 You have exacted unearned pledges from your brothers, stripped people naked of their clothes,
7 failed to give water to the thirsty and refused bread to the hungry;
8 handed the land over to a strong man, for some favoured person to move in,
9 sent widows away empty-handed and crushed the arms of orphans.
10 No wonder, then, if snares are all around you, and sudden terrors make you afraid;
11 if light has turned to darkness, so that you cannot see, and you have been submerged in the flood.
12 Does not God live high in the heavens, does he not see the zenith of the stars?
13 And because he is up there, you have said, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the dark cloud?
14 The clouds, to him, are an impenetrable veil, as he goes his way on the rim of the heavens.'
15 And will you still follow the ancient trail trodden by the wicked,
16 those who were borne off before their time, whose foundations were swamped by a flood,
17 for having said to God, 'Go away! What can Shaddai do to us?'
18 Yet he himself had filled their houses with good things, although excluded from the plans of the wicked!
19 At such a spectacle, the upright rejoice, and the innocent deride them:
20 'See how our enemies have been destroyed! See how their wealth has perished in the flames!'
21 Well then! Make peace with him, be reconciled, and all your happiness will be restored to you.
22 Welcome the teaching from his lips, and keep his words close to your heart.
23 If you return, humbled, to Shaddai and drive wickedness far from your tent,
24 if you lay your gold down on the dust, Ophir down among the pebbles of the torrent,
25 Shaddai will be bars of gold to you and silver piled in heaps.
26 Then Shaddai will be all your delight, and you will lift your face to God.
27 You will pray, and he will hear; and you will be able to fulfil your vows.
28 Whatever you undertake will go well, and light will shine on your path;
29 for he casts down the pride of the arrogant, but he saves those of downcast eyes.
30 He rescues anyone who is innocent; have your hands clean, and you will be saved.
Versículos relacionados com Job, 22:
In Chapter 22 of Job's book, Job's friend Elifaz accuses Job of sinning against God and suggests that his sufferings are a divine punishment. Elifaz argues that if Job repents and turning to God, He will be restored and blessed again. However, Job affirms his innocence and continues to question why God allowed him to suffer so much. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Job 22:
Psalm 37:25: "I have been a young man, and now I am old; but I have never seen the righteous helpless, nor his offspring to beg the bread." This verse suggests that God does not abandon the righteous, contrary to Elifaz's statement that Job suffers because of his sins.
Proverbs 11:8: "The righteous is delivered from anguish, and the wicked comes in its place." This verse can be seen as an answer to Elifaz's accusations that Job is suffering because he sinned.
Isaiah 55:6-7: "Seek the Lord as long as one can find, invoke him while he is near. Leave the wicked his way, and the evil man his thoughts; and converts to the Lord, who shall be sympathized; To our God, because it is great to forgive. " Elifaz insists that Job needs to repent and turn to God to be restored, and this verse can be seen as a similar exhortation.
Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things contribute together to the good of those who love God, those who are called by their decree." This verse suggests that God can even use bad things for the good of His children, which is a concept that Job is struggling to understand.
Hebrews 12:6: "For the Lord corrects what he loves, and whipping to anyone he receives for his son." This verse can be seen as an answer to Elifaz's statement that Job is suffering because God is punishing his sins. He suggests that God disciplines those whom He loves, which may be an aspect of Job's suffering.
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