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Job chapter 22 in Hebrew and English

30 verses, about 2 minutes to read aloud. The Hebrew has its vowel points and the English stands under each verse.

The whole chapter is here, a verse to a line.

וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

הַלְאֵל יִסְכָּן־גָּבֶר כִּי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him?

הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם־בֶּצַע כִּי־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?

הֲמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבוֹא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee, That He entereth with thee into judgment?

הֲלֹא רָעָתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵין־קֵץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Is not thy wickedness great? And are not thine iniquities without end?

כִּי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃

For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

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.

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,

אַלְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּֽא׃

Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

עַל־כֵּן סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ פַחִים וִיבַהֶלְךָ פַּחַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃

Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden dread affrighted thee,

אוֹ־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא־תִרְאֶה וְשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃

Or darkness, that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

הֲלֹא־אֱלוֹהַּ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם וּרְאֵה רֹאשׁ כּוֹכָבִים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are!

וְאָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּדַע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃

And thou sayest: ‘What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?

עָבִים סֵתֶר־לוֹ וְלֹא יִרְאֶה וְחוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; And He walketh in the circuit of heaven.’

הַאֹרַח עוֹלָם תִּשְׁמֹר אֲשֶׁר דָּרְכוּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃

Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

אֲשֶׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם׃

Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream;

הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ׃

Who said unto God: ‘Depart from us’; And what could the Almighty do unto them?

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.

יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃

The righteous saw it, and were glad, And the innocent laugh them to scorn:

אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃

’Surely their substance is cut off, And their abundance the fire hath consumed.’

הַסְכֶּן־נָא עִמּוֹ וּשְׁלם בָּהֶם תְּבוֹאַתְךָ טוֹבָֽה׃

Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; Thereby shall thine increase be good.

קַח־נָא מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃

Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in thy heart.

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,

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;

וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָֽךְ׃

And the Almighty be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee;

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.

תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, And thou shalt pay thy vows;

וְתִגְזַר־אוֹמֶר וְיָקָם לָךְ וְעַל־דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַהּ אֽוֹר׃

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways.

כִּי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃

When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: ‘There is lifting up’; For the humble person He saveth.

יְמַלֵּט אִי־נָקִי וְנִּמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃

He delivereth him that is innocent, Yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

The Hebrew is the Leningrad Codex, free to view and copy, compared letter by letter with a second edition, Miqra according to the Masorah, under the CC BY-SA licence. The English is the Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, in the public domain.

Where this chapter stands in the Tanakh.

  • Chapter 22 of the 42 chapters of Job
  • Job is one of the Writings
  • 30 verses, 210 words, about 2 minutes to read

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Questions about this chapter

How many verses does Job chapter 22 have?

Job chapter 22 has 30 verses and 210 words.

How does Job chapter 22 begin?

The first verse begins in Hebrew with the words ויען אליפז התמני ויאמר.

Where does Job chapter 22 stand in the Tanakh?

It is chapter 22 of the 42 chapters of Job, which is one of the Writings.

How long does it take to read Job chapter 22?

About 2 minutes, at a steady pace.