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22:1 Then Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489> answered <06030>: 22:2 “Is it to God <0410> that a strong man <01397> is of benefit <05532>? Is it to him that <03588> even a wise <07919> man is profitable <05532>? 22:3 Is it of any special benefit <02656> to the Almighty <07706> that <03588> you should be righteous <06663>, or <0518> is it any gain <01215> to him that <03588> you make your ways <01870> blameless <08552>? 22:4 Is it because of your piety <03374> that he rebukes <03198> you and goes <0935> to judgment <04941> with <05973> you? 22:5 Is not <03808> your wickedness <07451> great <07227> and is there no <0369> end <07093> to your iniquity <05771>? 22:6 “For <03588> you took pledges <02254> from your brothers <0251> for no reason <02600>, and you stripped <06584> the clothing <0899> from the naked <06174>. 22:7 You gave the weary <05889> no <03808> water <04325> to drink <08248> and from the hungry <07456> you withheld <04513> food <03899>. 22:8 Although you were a powerful <02220> man <0376>, owning land <0776>, an honored <06440> <05375> man living <03427> on it, 22:9 you sent <07971> widows <0490> away <07971> empty-handed <07387>, and the arms <02220> of the orphans <03490> you crushed <01792>. 22:10 That is why <03651> <05921> snares <06341> surround <05439> you, and why sudden <06597> fear <06343> terrifies <0926> you, 22:11 why it is so <0176> dark <02822> you cannot <03808> see <07200>, and why a flood <08229> of water <04325> covers <03680> you. 22:12 “Is not <03808> God <0433> on high <01363> in heaven <08064>? And see <07200> the lofty <07218> stars <03556>, how high <07311> they are! 22:13 But you have said <0559>, ‘What <04100> does God <0410> know <03045>? Does he judge <08199> through <01157> such deep darkness <06205>? 22:14 Thick clouds <05645> are a veil <05643> for him, so he does not <03808> see <07200> us, as he goes back and forth <01980> in the vault <02329> of heaven <08064>.’ 22:15 Will you keep <08104> to the old <05769> path <0734> that <0834> evil <0205> men <04962> have walked <01869>– 22:16 men who <0834> were carried off <07059> before their time <06256>, when the flood <05104> was poured out <03332> on their foundations <03247>? 22:17 They were saying <0559> to God <0410>, ‘Turn away <05493> from <04480> us,’ and ‘What <04100> can the Almighty <07706> do <06466> to us?’

• Job 22:1-30 -- Eliphaz's Third Speech

• Temanite

  [ebd] a man of Teman, the designation of Eliphaz, one of Job's three friends (Job 2:11; 22:1).
  

• SHEBNA

  [isbe] SHEBNA - sheb'-na (shebhna'; Somnas; but shebhnah, in 2 Ki 18:18,26; meaning uncertain (2 Ki 18:18,26,37 and 19:2 = Isa 36:3,11,22 and 37:2; lsa 22:15)): 1. Position in Isaiah 22: In Isa 22:15 Shebna is referred to as he "wh...
  

• PLEDGE

  [isbe] PLEDGE - plej (verbs chabhal (10 times), `arabh (2 Ki 18:23 = Isa 36:8); nouns chahal (Ezek 18:12,16; 33:15), chabcholah (Ezek 18:7), `arubbah), (1 Sam 17:18), erabhon (Gen 38:17,18,20); also abhoT (Dt 24:10-13) and (the Rev...
  

• NAKED; NAKEDNESS

  [isbe] NAKED; NAKEDNESS - na'-ked, na'-ked-nes: "Naked" in the Old Testament represents various derivatives of `ur and `arah chiefly, `arom (adj.) and `erwah (noun); in the New Testament the adjective is gumnos, the noun gumnotes, ...
  

• MARK

  [isbe] MARK - mark: In the King James Version this word is used 22 times as a noun and 26 times as a predicate. In the former case it is represented by 5 Hebrew and 3 Greek words; in the latter by 11 Hebrew and 2 Greek words. As a ...
  

• JOB, BOOK OF

  [isbe] JOB, BOOK OF - || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Place in the Canon 2. Rank and Readers II. THE LITERARY FRAMEWORK 1. Setting of Time, Place and Scene 2. Characters and Personality 3. Form and Style III. THE COURSE OF THE STORY A) To Jo...
  

• INFINITE; INFINITUDE

  [isbe] INFINITE; INFINITUDE - in'-fin-it, in-fin'-i-tud: 1. Scripture Use: The word "infinite" occurs 3 times only in the text of the King James Version (Job 22:5; Ps 147:5; Nah 3:9) and once in margin (Nah 2:9). In Ps 147:5, "His ...
  

• HONORABLE

  [isbe] HONORABLE - on'-er-a-b'-l (kabhedh; euschemon): In the Old Testament "honorable" is for the most part the translation of kabhedh, properly, "to be heavy," "weighty" (Gen 34:19, the Revised Version (British and American) "hon...
  

• GAIN

  [isbe] GAIN - gan: In the Old Testament the translation of three Hebrew substantives, betsa`, "unjust gain," "any gain" (Jdg 5:19; Job 22:3; Prov 1:19; 15:27; Isa 33:15; 56:11; Ezek 22:13,17; Mic 4:13); mechir, "price" for which a ...
  

• FEAR

  [isbe] FEAR - fer (yir'ah, yare'; phobos, phobeo): Terms, etc.: "Fear" is the translation of many words in the Old Testament; the chief are: yir'ah, "fear," "terror," "reverence," "awe," most often "the fear of God," "fear of Yahwe...
  

• FATHERLESS

  [isbe] FATHERLESS - fa'-ther-les (yathom; orphanos): The fatherless are frequently mentioned in the Old Testament, generally in association with the widow and the stranger, as typical instances of the unprotected and necessitous, w...
  

• END

  [isbe] END - (qets, 'ephec, kalah; telos, sunteleo): The end of anything is its termination, hence, also, final object or purpose. It is the translation of several Hebrew and Greek words, chiefly in the Old Testament of qets (prope...
  

• EMPTY; EMPTIER

  [isbe] EMPTY; EMPTIER - emp'-ti, emp'-ti-er (kenos): "Empty," adjective meaning void, etc., as the translation of req, riq, reqam, etc., occurs in the literal sense of "with nothing" (Gen 31:42; Job 22:9); in 2 Sam 1:22, it is equi...
  

• DEBT; DEBTOR

  [isbe] DEBT; DEBTOR - det, det'-er: It is difficult nowadays to think of debt without associating with it the idea of interest, and even usury. Certain it is that this idea is associated with the Old Testament idea of the word, at ...
  

• CLOUD

  [ebd] The Hebrew so rendered means "a covering," because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals (Ex. 16:10; 33:9; Num. 11:25; 12:5; Jo...
  [isbe] CLOUD - kloud (`anan, `abh; nephele, nephos): I. Clouds in Palestine. In the Bible few references are found of particular clouds or of clouds in connection with the phenomena of the weather conditions. The weather in Palesti...
  

• CIRCUIT

  [ebd] the apparent diurnal revolution of the sun round the earth (Ps. 19:6), and the changes of the wind (Eccl. 1:6). In Job 22:14, "in the circuit of heaven" (R.V. marg., "on the vault of heaven") means the "arch of heaven," whic...
  [isbe] CIRCUIT - sur'-kit, "a going around": Used to represent several Hebrew words in several senses, e.g. the sun's orbit (tequphah), Ps 19:6; the vault of the heavens (chugh), Job 22:14 the King James Version; the circuit of the...
  

• ASTRONOMY, III

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, III - III. Physiography. 1. The Circle of the Earth: It has generally been assumed that the Hebrews considered the earth to be a vast circular plain, arched over by a solid vault--"the firmament"--above which were...
  

• ASTRONOMY, I

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, I - as-tron'-omi: I. THE HEAVENLY BODIES 1. The Ordinances of Heaven 2. The Sun (1) The Names for the Sun (2) The "City of the Sun" (3) The Greater Light-Giver (4) The Purpose of the Sun (5) The Sun as a Type 3. T...
  

• ARM

  [isbe] ARM - arm (zeroa`, 'ezroa`, dera`; brachion; chotsen, katheph): The usual form is zeroa` from the root zara`, "to spread." The arm may be "stretched out." 'Ezroa` is this form with prosthetic 'aleph (Job 31:22; Jer 32:21), a...
  

• ABOUND; ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANT; ABUNDANTLY

  [isbe] ABOUND; ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANT; ABUNDANTLY - a-bound', a-bun'-dans, a-bun'-dant, a-bun'-dant-li: These words represent in the English Versions of the Bible a considerable variety of different words in the Hebrew and Greek origi...
  

• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...

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