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Hiob 22
Schlachter 1951
Hiob 22
Schlachter 1951
Dritte Rede des Eliphas
22 Darauf antwortete Eliphas, der Temaniter, und sprach:
2 Mag auch ein Mann Gott etwas nützen?
Es nützt ja der Verständige nur sich selbst.
3 Hat der Allmächtige Freude, wenn du gerecht bist?
Ist's ihm ein Gewinn, wenn du in Unschuld wandelst?
4 Straft er dich wegen deiner Gottesfurcht,
und geht er darum mit dir ins Gericht?
5 Sind nicht deine Missetaten groß
und deine Schulden ohne Ende?
6 Du hast wohl deine Brüder gepfändet
und den Entblößten die Kleider ausgezogen;
7 vielleicht hast du dem Müden kein Wasser zu trinken gegeben
oder dem Hungrigen das Brot versagt.
8 Der Mächtige hat das Land bekommen,
und der Angesehene wohnte darin.
9 Du hast Witwen leer fortgeschickt
und die Arme der Waisen zusammenbrechen lassen.
10 Darum liegst du in Banden
und hat Furcht dich plötzlich überfallen.
11 Oder siehst du die Finsternis nicht
und die Wasserflut, die dich bedeckt?
12 Ist Gott nicht himmelhoch?
Siehe doch die höchsten Sterne, wie hoch sie stehen!
13 Und du denkst: „Was weiß Gott!
Sollte er hinter dem Dunkel richten?
14 Die Wolken hüllen ihn ein, daß er nicht sehen kann,
und er wandelt auf dem Himmelsgewölbe umher!“
15 Willst du den alten Weg befolgen,
den die Bösewichte gegangen sind,
16 die weggerafft wurden von der Flut,
deren Fundament der Strom wegriß,
17 die zu Gott sprachen: „Hebe dich weg von uns!“
und „was könnte der Allmächtige für uns tun?“
18 Und er hatte doch ihre Häuser mit Gütern erfüllt! -
Doch der Gottlosen Rat sei fern von mir!
19 Die Gerechten werden es sehen und sich freuen,
und der Unschuldige wird ihrer spotten:
20 „Fürwahr, unsere Widersacher werden vertilgt,
und das Feuer hat ihren Überrest verzehrt.“
21 Befreunde dich doch mit Ihm und mache Frieden!
Dadurch wird Gutes über dich kommen.
22 Nimm doch Belehrung an aus seinem Mund
und lege seine Worte in dein Herz!
23 Wenn du dich zu dem Allmächtigen kehrst, so wirst du aufgerichtet werden,
wenn du die Ungerechtigkeit aus deiner Hütte entfernst.
24 Wirf das Gold in den Staub
und das Ophirgold zu den Steinen der Bäche,
25 so wird der Allmächtige dein Gold
und dein glänzendes Silber sein!
26 Dann wirst du dich an dem Allmächtigen ergötzen
und dein Angesicht zu Gott erheben;
27 du wirst zu ihm flehen, und er wird dich erhören,
und du wirst deine Gelübde bezahlen.
28 Was du vornimmst, das wird dir gelingen,
und ein Licht wird auf deinen Wegen leuchten.
29 Führen sie abwärts, so wirst du sagen: „ Es geht empor!“
Und wer die Augen niederschlägt, den wird er retten.
30 Er wird [selbst] den freilassen, der nicht unschuldig ist:
durch die Reinheit deiner Hände wird er entrinnen.
Job 22
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Job 22
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Eliphaz
22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:
2 “Can a man be of benefit to God?(B)
Can even a wise person benefit him?(C)
3 What pleasure(D) would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?(E)
What would he gain if your ways were blameless?(F)
4 “Is it for your piety that he rebukes you
and brings charges against you?(G)
5 Is not your wickedness great?
Are not your sins(H) endless?(I)
6 You demanded security(J) from your relatives for no reason;(K)
you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(L)
7 You gave no water(M) to the weary
and you withheld food from the hungry,(N)
8 though you were a powerful man, owning land(O)—
an honored man,(P) living on it.(Q)
9 And you sent widows(R) away empty-handed(S)
and broke the strength of the fatherless.(T)
10 That is why snares(U) are all around you,(V)
why sudden peril terrifies you,(W)
11 why it is so dark(X) you cannot see,
and why a flood of water covers you.(Y)
12 “Is not God in the heights of heaven?(Z)
And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know?(AA)
Does he judge through such darkness?(AB)
14 Thick clouds(AC) veil him, so he does not see us(AD)
as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’(AE)
15 Will you keep to the old path
that the wicked(AF) have trod?(AG)
16 They were carried off before their time,(AH)
their foundations(AI) washed away by a flood.(AJ)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’(AK)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(AL)
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(AM)
19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;(AN)
the innocent mock(AO) them, saying,
20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed,(AP)
and fire(AQ) devours their wealth.’
21 “Submit to God and be at peace(AR) with him;(AS)
in this way prosperity will come to you.(AT)
22 Accept instruction from his mouth(AU)
and lay up his words(AV) in your heart.(AW)
23 If you return(AX) to the Almighty, you will be restored:(AY)
If you remove wickedness far from your tent(AZ)
24 and assign your nuggets(BA) to the dust,
your gold(BB) of Ophir(BC) to the rocks in the ravines,(BD)
25 then the Almighty will be your gold,(BE)
the choicest silver for you.(BF)
26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty(BG)
and will lift up your face(BH) to God.(BI)
27 You will pray to him,(BJ) and he will hear you,(BK)
and you will fulfill your vows.(BL)
28 What you decide on will be done,(BM)
and light(BN) will shine on your ways.(BO)
29 When people are brought low(BP) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
then he will save the downcast.(BQ)
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,(BR)
who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”(BS)
Job 22
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Job 22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
IV. Third Cycle of Speeches[a]
Chapter 22
Eliphaz’s Third Speech. 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 Can a man be profitable to God?(A)
Can a wise man be profitable to him?
3 Does it please the Almighty that you are just?(B)
Does he gain if your ways are perfect?[b]
4 Is it because of your piety that he reproves you—
that he enters into judgment with you?
5 Is not your wickedness great,
your iniquity endless?
6 You keep your relatives’ goods in pledge unjustly,[c]
leave them stripped naked of their clothing.(C)
7 To the thirsty you give no water to drink,
and from the hungry you withhold bread;
8 As if the land belonged to the powerful,
and only the privileged could dwell in it!
9 You sent widows away empty-handed,
and the resources of orphans are destroyed.(D)
10 Therefore snares are round about you,(E)
sudden terror makes you panic,
11 Or darkness—you cannot see!
A deluge of waters covers you.
12 Does not God, in the heights of the heavens,(F)
behold the top of the stars, high though they are?
13 Yet you say, “What does God know?(G)
Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 Clouds hide him so that he cannot see
as he walks around the circuit of the heavens!”
15 Do you indeed keep to the ancient way
trodden by the worthless?
16 They were snatched before their time;
their foundations a river swept away.
17 They said to God, “Let us alone!”
and, “What can the Almighty do to us?”
18 Yet he had filled their houses with good things.
The designs of the wicked are far from me
19 The just look on and are glad,
and the innocent deride them:[e](I)
20 “Truly our enemies are destroyed,
and what was left to them, fire has consumed!”
21 Settle with him and have peace.
That way good shall come to you:
22 Receive instruction from his mouth,
and place his words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored;
if you put iniquity far from your tent,
24 And treat raw gold as dust,
the fine gold of Ophir[f] as pebbles in the wadi,
25 Then the Almighty himself shall be your gold
and your sparkling silver.
26 For then you shall delight in the Almighty,
you shall lift up your face toward God.
27 Entreat him and he will hear you,(J)
and your vows you shall fulfill.
28 What you decide shall succeed for you,
and upon your ways light shall shine.
29 For when they are brought low, you will say, “It is pride!”
But downcast eyes he saves.(K)
30 He will deliver whoever is innocent;
you shall be delivered if your hands are clean.(L)
Footnotes
- 22:1–27:23 The traditional three cycles of speeches breaks down in chaps. 22–27, because Zophar does not appear. This may be interpreted as a sign that the three friends see no point in further dialogue, or that Job’s replies have reduced them to silence, or that there has been a mistake in the transmission of the text (hence various transferrals of verses have been proposed to include Zophar, but without any textual evidence).
- 22:3 Another irony: God will “gain,” because he will have been proved right in his claim to the satan that Job is “perfect.”
- 22:6–9 This criticism of Job by Eliphaz is untrue (cf. 31:19), but he is driven to it by his belief that God always acts justly, even when he causes someone to suffer; suffering is due to wrongdoing (cf. v. 29).
- 22:18 The second part of the verse repeats 21:16.
- 22:19 Them: the wicked. Eliphaz obviously thinks that the just can be pleased by God’s punishment of the wicked. Such pleasure at the downfall of the wicked is expressed elsewhere, e.g., Ps 58:11; 63:12.
- 22:24 Ophir: see note on Ps 45:10.
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