Job 22

“Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,” Naming Eliphaz and Temanite keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.” The line’s distinctive content terms include dwelt, earth, honourable. Its relationship to verses 7 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.” The line’s distinctive content terms include abundance, canst, cover. Its relationship to verses 10 and 12 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.” Naming Thick keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:” The line’s distinctive content terms include flood, foundation, overflown. Its relationship to verses 15 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.” Naming Yet keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.” The line’s distinctive content terms include glad, innocent, laugh. Its relationship to verses 18 and 20 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.” Naming Whereas keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.” Naming Receive keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.” Naming Almighty keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.” Naming Ophir keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.