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Job 22
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Job 22
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Eliphaz accuse Job et l’engage à se repentir
22 Eliphaz de Théman prit la parole et dit:
2 Un homme peut-il être utile à Dieu?
Non; le sage n’est utile qu’à lui-même.
3 Si tu es juste, est-ce à l’avantage du Tout-Puissant?
Si tu es intègre dans tes voies, qu’y gagne-t-il?
4 Est-ce par crainte de toi qu’il te châtie,
Qu’il entre en jugement avec toi?
5 Ta méchanceté n’est-elle pas grande?
Tes iniquités ne sont-elles pas infinies?
6 Tu enlevais sans motif des gages à tes frères,
Tu privais de leurs vêtements ceux qui étaient nus;
7 Tu ne donnais point d’eau à l’homme altéré,
Tu refusais du pain à l’homme affamé.
8 Le pays était au plus fort,
Et le puissant s’y établissait.
9 Tu renvoyais les veuves à vide;
Les bras des orphelins étaient brisés.
10 C’est pour cela que tu es entouré de pièges,
Et que la terreur t’a saisi tout à coup.
11 Ne vois-tu donc pas ces ténèbres,
Ces eaux débordées qui t’envahissent?
12 Dieu n’est-il pas en haut dans les cieux?
Regarde le sommet des étoiles, comme il est élevé!
13 Et tu dis: Qu’est-ce que Dieu sait?
Peut-il juger à travers l’obscurité?
14 Les nuées l’enveloppent, et il ne voit rien;
Il ne parcourt que la voûte des cieux.
15 Eh quoi! tu voudrais prendre l’ancienne route
Qu’ont suivie les hommes d’iniquité?
16 Ils ont été emportés avant le temps,
Ils ont eu la durée d’un torrent qui s’écoule.
17 Ils disaient à Dieu: Retire-toi de nous;
Que peut faire pour nous le Tout-Puissant?
18 Dieu cependant avait rempli de biens leurs maisons.
– Loin de moi le conseil des méchants! –
19 Les justes, témoins de leur chute, se réjouiront,
Et l’innocent se moquera d’eux:
20 Voilà nos adversaires qui disparaissent!
Voilà leurs richesses dévorées par le feu!
21 Attache-toi donc à Dieu, et tu auras la paix;
Tu jouiras ainsi du bonheur.
22 Reçois de sa bouche l’instruction,
Et mets dans ton cœur ses paroles.
23 Tu seras rétabli, si tu reviens au Tout-Puissant,
Si tu éloignes l’iniquité de ta tente.
24 Jette l’or dans la poussière,
L’or d’Ophir parmi les cailloux des torrents;
25 Et le Tout-Puissant sera ton or,
Ton argent, ta richesse.
26 Alors tu feras du Tout-Puissant tes délices,
Tu élèveras vers Dieu ta face;
27 Tu le prieras, et il t’exaucera,
Et tu accompliras tes vœux.
28 A tes résolutions répondra le succès;
Sur tes sentiers brillera la lumière.
29 Vienne l’humiliation, tu prieras pour ton relèvement:
Dieu secourt celui dont le regard est abattu.
30 Il délivrera même le coupable,
Qui devra son salut à la pureté de tes mains.
Job 22
New International Version
Job 22
New International Version
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
New King James Version
Job 22
New King James Version
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Wickedness
22 Then (A)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Can(B) a man be profitable to God,
Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?
Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?
4 “Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,
And enters into judgment with you?
5 Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquity without end?
6 For you have (C)taken pledges from your brother for no reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You have not given the weary water to drink,
And you (D)have withheld bread from the hungry.
8 But the [a]mighty man possessed the land,
And the honorable man dwelt in it.
9 You have sent widows away empty,
And the [b]strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10 Therefore snares are all around you,
And sudden fear troubles you,
11 Or darkness so that you cannot see;
And an abundance of (E)water covers you.
12 “Is not God in the height of heaven?
And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 And you say, (F)‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the deep darkness?
14 (G)Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see,
And He walks above the circle of heaven.’
15 Will you keep to the old way
Which wicked men have trod,
16 Who (H)were cut down before their time,
Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
17 (I)They said to God, ‘Depart from us!
What can the Almighty do to [c]them?’
18 Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 “The(J) righteous see it and are glad,
And the innocent laugh at them:
20 ‘Surely our [d]adversaries are cut down,
And the fire consumes their remnant.’
21 “Now acquaint yourself with Him, and (K)be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.
22 Receive, please, (L)instruction from His mouth,
And (M)lay up His words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
24 Then you will (N)lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25 Yes, the Almighty will be your [e]gold
And your precious silver;
26 For then you will have your (O)delight in the Almighty,
And lift up your face to God.
27 (P)You will make your prayer to Him,
He will hear you,
And you will pay your vows.
28 You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.
29 When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’
Then (Q)He will save the humble person.
30 He will even deliver one who is not innocent;
Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.”
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