--- title: Job 22 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 22 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 22 # Job 22 30 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [22:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.1/) — וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: - [22:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.2/) — הַלְאֵל יִסְכָּן־גָּבֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ — Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him? - [22:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.3/) — הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם־בֶּצַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ — Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless? - [22:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.4/) — הֲֽמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבוֹא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ — Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee, that He entereth with thee into judgment? - [22:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.5/) — הֲלֹא רָעָֽתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵֽין־קֵץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ — Is not thy wickedness great? And are not thine iniquities without end? - [22:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.6/) — כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃ — For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. - [22:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.7/) — לֹא־מַיִם עָיֵף תַּשְׁקֶה וּמֵרָעֵב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃ — Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. - [22:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.8/) — וְאִישׁ זְרוֹעַ לוֹ הָאָרֶץ וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים יֵשֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃ — And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, and as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it, - [22:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.9/) — אַלְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּֽא׃ — Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. - [22:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.10/) — עַל־כֵּן סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ פַחִים וִֽיבַהֶלְךָ פַּחַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃ — Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee, - [22:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.11/) — אוֹ־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ — Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee. - [22:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.12/) — הֲ‍ֽלֹא־אֱלוֹהַּ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם וּרְאֵה רֹאשׁכּוֹכָבִים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃ — Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are! - [22:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.13/) — וְֽאָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּדַֽע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃ — And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud? - [22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.14/) — עָבִים סֵֽתֶר־לוֹוְלֹא יִרְאֶה וְחוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ — Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.' - [22:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.15/) — הַאֹרַח עוֹלָם תִּשְׁמֹר אֲשֶׁר דָּרְכוּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃ — Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden? - [22:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.16/) — אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם׃ — Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream; - [22:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.17/) — הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ׃ — Who said unto God: 'Depart from us'; and what could the Almighty do unto them? - [22:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.18/) — וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃ — Yet He filled their houses with good things — but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. - [22:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.19/) — יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃ — The righteous saw it, and were glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn: - [22:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.20/) — אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃ — 'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath consumed.' - [22:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.21/) — הַסְכֶּן־נָא עִמּוֹ וּשְׁלםבָּהֶם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ טוֹבָֽה׃ — Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby shall thine increase be good. - [22:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.22/) — קַח־נָא מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ — Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in thy heart. - [22:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.23/) — אִם־תָּשׁוּב עַד־שַׁדַּי תִּבָּנֶה תַּרְחִיק עַוְלָה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃ — If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up — if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents, - [22:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.24/) — וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּבְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִֽיר׃ — And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks; - [22:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.25/) — וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָֽךְ׃ — And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee; - [22:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.26/) — כִּי־אָז עַל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְעַנָּג וְתִשָּׂא אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ — Then surely shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. - [22:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.27/) — תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ — Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows; - [22:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.28/) — וְֽתִגְזַר־אוֹמֶרוְיָקָם לָךְ וְעַל־דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַֽהּ אֽוֹר׃ — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, and light shall shine upon thy ways. - [22:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.29/) — כִּֽי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ — When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up'; for the humble person He saveth. - [22:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.30/) — יְֽמַלֵּטאִֽי־נָקִי וְנִמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃פ — He delivereth him that is innocent, yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands. - ← previous: [Job 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/21/) - next →: [Job 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/23/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)