Verse 18
Job 22:18
New Living Translation
18
Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things,<br>so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/ה֤וּא מִלֵּ֣א בָתֵּי/הֶ֣ם ט֑וֹב וַ/עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽ/נִּי
English Translation
And he filled their houses with good, and the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 22 Context
1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Focus ↗
2
“Can a person do anything to help God (Elohim)?<br>Can even a wise person be helpful to him?<br>
Focus ↗
3
Is it any advantage to the Almighty if you are righteous?<br>Would it be any gain to him if you were...
Focus ↗
4
Is it because you’re so pious that he accuses you<br>and brings judgment against you?<br>
Focus ↗
5
No, it’s because of your wickedness!<br>There’s no limit to your sins.<br>
Focus ↗
6
“For example, you must have lent money to your friend<br>and demanded clothing as security.<br>Yes,...
Focus ↗
7
You must have refused water for the thirsty<br>and food for the hungry.<br>
Focus ↗
8
You probably think the land belongs to the powerful<br>and only the privileged have a right to it!<b...
Focus ↗
9
You must have sent widows away empty-handed<br>and crushed the hopes of orphans.<br>
Focus ↗
10
That is why you are surrounded by traps<br>and tremble from sudden fears.<br>
Focus ↗
11
That is why you cannot see in the darkness,<br>and waves of water cover you.<br>
Focus ↗
12
“God (Elohim) is so great — higher than the heavens,<br>higher than the farthest stars.<br>
Focus ↗
13
But you reply, ‘That’s why God (Elohim) can’t see what I am doing!<br>How can he judge through the t...
Focus ↗
14
For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us.<br>He is way up there, walking on the vault...
Focus ↗
15
“Will you continue on the old paths<br>where evil people have walked?<br>
Focus ↗
16
They were snatched away in the prime of life,<br>the foundations of their lives washed away.<br>
Focus ↗
17
For they said to God (Elohim), ‘Leave us alone!<br>What can the Almighty do to us?’<br>
Focus ↗
18
Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things,<br>so I will have nothing to do with tha...
19
“The righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed,<br>and the innocent will laugh in contempt...
Focus ↗
20
They will say, ‘See how our enemies have been destroyed.<br>The last of them have been consumed in t...
Focus ↗
21
“Submit to God (Elohim), and you will have peace;<br>then things will go well for you.<br>
Focus ↗
22
Listen to his instructions,<br>and store them in your heart.<br>
Focus ↗
23
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored —<br>so clean up your life.<br>
Focus ↗
24
If you give up your lust for money<br>and throw your precious gold into the river,<br>
Focus ↗
25
the Almighty himself will be your treasure.<br>He will be your precious silver!<br>
Focus ↗
26
“Then you will take delight in the Almighty<br>and look up to God (Elohim).<br>
Focus ↗
27
You will pray to him, and he will hear you,<br>and you will fulfill your vows to him.<br>
Focus ↗
28
You will succeed in whatever you choose to do,<br>and light will shine on the road ahead of you.<br>
Focus ↗
29
If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’<br>God (Elohim) will save them.<br>
Focus ↗
30
Even sinners will be rescued;<br>they will be rescued because your hands are pure.”<br>
Focus ↗