Kniha Jób

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(UKJV - Anglický - Updated King James)

Jób 22, 1-30

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect? 4 Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment? 5 Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite? 6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. 8 "But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. " 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 "Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you; " 11 "Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you. " 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14 "Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven. " 15 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes. 21 Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you. 22 Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles. 24 Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be your defence, and you shall have plenty of silver. 26 For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God. 27 You shall make your prayer unto him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows. 28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto you: and the light shall shine upon your ways. 29 "When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. " 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.

Verš 6

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Ex 22:26 - If you at all take your neighbour's raiment to pledge, you shall deliver it unto him by that the sun goes down:

Dt 24:6 - No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he takes a man's life to pledge.

Dt 24:10 - When you do lend your brother any thing, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

Verš 17

Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

Jób 21:14 - "Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways. "

Verš 18

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Jób 21:16 - Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Verš 19

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Ž 107:42 - The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Verš 23

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.

Jób 8:5 - "If you would seek unto God early, and make your supplication to the Almighty; "

Verš 29

"When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. "

Prís 29:23 - A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Job 22,8 - Elifazovo tvrdenie nemá nijakého podkladu a odôvodnenia.

Job 22,15-20 - Aj v dobe potopy sveta sa ľudia domnievali, že Boh nebude trestať hriešnikov.

Job 22,17 - Elifaz zopakuje predošlé slová Jóbove (21,14–16), ktoré udalosťami v dobe potopy boli podvrátené (porov. 15 n.).

Job 22,24 - Ofír bola svojím zlatom vychýrená krajina (porov. 1 Kr 9,28). Zlato z tých krajov bolo pokladané za najlepšie a najcennejšie. O polohe krajiny nevieme nič istého. Niektorí by ju chceli hľadať v južnej Arábii, iní – azda správnejšie – na brehoch východnej Afriky.