| 1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, |
| 2 | "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. | Jb 35:6-8 Ps 16:2 Lk 17:10 |
| 3 | Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect? | 1Ch 29:17 Ps 147:10 Ps 147:11 Pr 11:1 Pr 11:20 Pr 12:22 Pr 15:8 Mal 2:17 Php 4:18 |
| 4 | Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment? | Ps 39:11 Ps 76:6 Ps 80:16 Rev 3:19 |
| 5 | Isn`t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities. | Jb 4:7-11 Jb 11:14 Jb 15:5 Jb 15:6 Jb 15:31-34 Jb 21:27 Jb 32:3 |
| 6 | For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing. | Jb 24:3 Jb 24:9 Ex 22:26 Dt 24:10-18 Ezk 18:7 Ezk 18:12 Ezk 18:16 Am 2:8 |
| 7 | You haven`t given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry. | Jb 31:17 Dt 15:7-11 Ps 112:9 Pr 11:24 Pr 11:25 Pr 19:17 Isa 58:7 Isa 58:10 Ezk 18:7 Ezk 18:16 Mt 25:42 Ro 12:20 |
| 8 | But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it. | Jb 29:7-17 Jb 31:34 1Ki 21:11-15 Ps 12:8 Mic 7:3 |
| 9 | You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. | Jb 24:3 Jb 24:21 Jb 29:12 Jb 29:13 Jb 31:16-18 Jb 31:21-18 Ex 22:21-24 Dt 27:19 Ps 94:6 Isa 1:17 Isa 1:23 Isa 10:2 Ezk 22:7 Mal 3:5 Lk 18:3-5 |
| 10 | Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you, | Jb 18:8-10 Jb 19:6 Ps 11:6 |
| 11 | Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you. | Jb 18:6 Jb 18:18 Jb 19:8 Pr 4:19 Isa 8:22 Lam 3:2 Jl 2:2 Jl 2:3 Mt 8:12 |
| 12 | "Isn`t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are! | Ps 115:3 Ps 115:16 Ec 5:2 Isa 57:15 Isa 66:1 |
| 13 | You say, `What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? | Ps 10:11 Ps 59:7 Ps 73:11 Ps 94:7-9 Ezk 8:12 Ezk 9:9 Zep 1:12 |
| 14 | Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn`t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.` | Jb 34:22 Ps 33:14 Ps 97:2 Ps 139:1 Ps 139:2 Ps 139:11 Ps 139:12 Jer 23:24 Lk 12:2 Lk 12:3 |
| 15 | Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden, | Gn 6:5 Gn 6:11-13 Lk 17:26 Lk 17:27 |
| 16 | Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream, | Jb 15:32 Ps 55:23 Ps 102:24 Ec 7:17 |
| 17 | Who said to God, `Depart from us;` And, `What can the Almighty do for us?` | Jb 21:10 Jb 21:14 Jb 21:15 Isa 30:11 Mt 8:29 Mt 8:34 Ro 1:28 |
| 18 | Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | Jb 12:6 1Sa 2:7 Ps 17:14 Jer 12:2 Ac 14:17 Ac 15:16 |
| 19 | The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent laugh them to scorn, | Ps 48:11 Ps 58:10 Ps 97:8 Ps 107:42 Pr 11:10 Rev 18:20 Rev 19:1-3 |
| 20 | Saying, `Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.` | Jb 4:7 Jb 8:3 Jb 8:4 Jb 15:5 Jb 15:6 Jb 20:18 Jb 20:19 Jb 21:27 Jb 21:28 Lk 13:1-5 |
| 21 | "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you. | 1Ch 28:9 Jn 17:3 2Co 4:6 |
| 22 | Please receive the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart. | Dt 4:1 Dt 4:2 Pr 2:1-9 1Th 4:1 1Th 4:2 |
| 23 | If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents. | Jb 8:5 Jb 8:6 Jb 11:13 Jb 11:14 Isa 55:6 Isa 55:7 Hos 14:1 Hos 14:2 Zc 1:3 Ac 26:20 |
| 24 | Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks. | 1Ki 10:21 2Ch 1:5 2Ch 9:10 2Ch 9:27 |
| 25 | The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you. | Gn 15:1 Ps 18:2 Ps 84:11 Isa 41:10 Ro 8:31 |
| 26 | For then shall you delight yourself in the Almighty, And shall lift up your face to God. | Jb 27:10 Jb 34:9 Ps 37:4 So 2:3 Isa 58:14 Ro 7:22 |
| 27 | You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows. | Ps 50:14 Ps 50:15 Ps 66:17 Ps 66:18-20 Ps 91:15 Ps 116:1 Isa 58:9 1Jn 5:14 1Jn 5:15 |
| 28 | You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways. | Ps 20:4 Ps 90:17 Lam 3:37 Mt 21:22 Jm 4:15 |
| 29 | When they cast down, you shall say, `be lifted up.` He will save the humble person. | Jb 5:19-27 Ps 9:2 Ps 9:3 Ps 91:14-16 Ps 92:9-11 |
| 30 | He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." | Jb 42:8 Gn 18:26-32 Isa 58:12 Jer 5:1 Ac 27:24 |
Shepherd's Stream uses the World English Bible for Bible Stream. The World English Bible (WEB) is a revision of the American Standard Version (ASV) of 1901. The American Standard Version was a minor American revision of the English Revised Version of 1881 and became the foundation of several 20th century American versions, including the Revised Standard Version (RSV) and the New American Standard Bible (NASB).