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Job 22 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? and will he enter into judgment with thee?<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Is not thy wickedness abundant, and thy sins innumerable?<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And thou hast taken security of thy brethren for nothing, and hast taken away the clothing of the naked.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And thou hast accepted the persons of some; and thou hast established those <i>that were already settled</i> on the earth.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But thou hast sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore snares have compassed thee, and disastrous war has troubled thee.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Wilt thou <i>not</i> mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>who were seized before their time: their foundations <i>are as</i> an overflowing stream.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us?<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The righteous have seen <i>it</i>, and laughed, and the blameless one has derided <i>them</i>.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their <i>property</i>.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast <i>thus</i> removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Thou shalt lay up for thyself <i>treasure</i> in a heap on the rock; and Sophir <i>shall be</i> as the rock of the torrent.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee <i>power</i> to pay thy vows.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, <i>Man</i> has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He shall deliver the innocent, and do thou save thyself by thy pure hands.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>