Job 22

As I wait for the bread to cool, (it's a subtle bread, with a touch of cardamom, two challah braids, a half dozen buns, and a loaf), another chapter of Job.

This part of the conversation is far from clear. Eliphaz may be quoting thoughts from Job's earlier speeches. If it's in double quotes, that's my intent. It is I think difficult to really assign a consistent character to each of the friends. One thing they never do is address God in the second person. God is always second-hand for them. Some of the verses seem to make no sense whatever, but stick with them and some guesswork seems to emerge.

The bread has cooled.

Job 22		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּמָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר	1	g	And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,	3e	3g	13
הַלְאֵ֥ל יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּ֖ן עָלֵ֣ימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל	2		By the One, will one who is valiant be cherished? For an insight is cherished unto itself.	3e	4B	6 8
הַחֵ֣פֶץ לְ֭שַׁדַּי כִּ֣י תִצְדָּ֑ק וְאִם־בֶּ֝֗צַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּ֥ם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ	3		Is it delight for the Sufficient that you are right? And is it gain that your ways are complete?	3e	4B	9 10
הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ יָב֥וֹא עִ֝מְּךָ֗ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט	4		From your fear will he correct you? Will he enter with you into judgment?	3e	4B	9 7
הֲלֹ֣א רָעָֽתְךָ֣ רַבָּ֑ה וְאֵֽין־קֵ֝֗ץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ	5		Is not your evil abundant, and is there no end to your iniquities?	3e	4B	7 9
כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּ֣ל אַחֶ֣יךָ חִנָּ֑ם וּבִגְדֵ֖י עֲרוּמִּ֣ים תַּפְשִֽׁיט	6		For you inflict pain on your kin for nothing, and the garments of the naked you have pillaged.	3e	4B	8 8
לֹא־מַ֭יִם עָיֵ֣ף תַּשְׁקֶ֑ה וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗ב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם	7		No water to the exhausted do you give to drink, and from the famished you withhold bread.	3e	4B	6 8
וְאִ֣ישׁ זְ֭רוֹעַ ל֣וֹ הָאָ֑רֶץ וּנְשׂ֥וּא פָ֝נִ֗ים יֵ֣שֶׁב בָּֽהּ	8		But a man of arms, for him is the earth, and one who is shown partiality inhabits within it.	3e	4B	9 7
אַ֭לְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ רֵיקָ֑ם וּזְרֹע֖וֹת יְתֹמִ֣ים יְדֻכָּֽא	9	g	Widows you send away empty, and the arms of orphans are crushed.	3e	4B	8 9
עַל־כֵּ֭ן סְבִיבוֹתֶ֣יךָ פַחִ֑ים וִֽ֝יבַהֶלְךָ פַּ֣חַד פִּתְאֹֽם	10		So all around you are snares, and dread vexes you suddenly.	3e	4B	9 8
אוֹ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶ֑ה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ	11		Or darkness you do not see, and a profusion of waters cover you.	3e	4A	5 8
הֲֽלֹא־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ גֹּ֣בַהּ שָׁמָ֑יִם וּרְאֵ֤ה רֹ֖אשׁ‬ כּוֹכָבִ֣ים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ	12		Is not God lofty in heaven? And see the head of the stars that are exalted.	3e	4C	9 8
וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט	13		And you say, How does the One know? From within murk does he judge?	3e	4B	8 7
עָבִ֣ים סֵֽתֶר־ל֭וֹ‬ וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה וְח֥וּג שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ	14		Thick clouds are his hiding place, so he does not see, and the ambit of the heavens he walks.	3e	4B	9 7
הַאֹ֣רַח עוֹלָ֣ם תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר דָּרְכ֣וּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן	15		The path of obscurity you have kept, that men of mischief have trodden.	3e	4B	7 7
אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּט֥וּ וְלֹא־עֵ֑ת נָ֝הָ֗ר יוּצַ֥ק יְסוֹדָֽם	16		Who are overrun and out of time, a river infusing their foundation.	3e	4A	7 7
הָאֹמְרִ֣ים לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַ֖ל שַׁדַּ֣י לָֽמוֹ	17		Those saying to the One, Depart from us, And what will the Sufficient work out for them?	3e	4B	9 8
וְה֤וּא מִלֵּ֣א בָתֵּיהֶ֣ם ט֑וֹב וַעֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי	18	C	"And he himself filled with their houses good" and "the counsel of the wicked is distant from me".	3e	4C	8 11
יִרְא֣וּ צַדִּיקִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְ֝נָקִ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ	19		The righteous see and they are glad, and an innocent derides them.	3e	4B	9 7
אִם־לֹ֣א נִכְחַ֣ד קִימָ֑נוּ וְ֝יִתְרָ֗ם אָ֣כְלָה אֵֽשׁ	20		If our place were not concealed, then what remains of them fire would devour.	3e	4B	7 6
הַסְכֶּן־נָ֣א עִמּ֑וֹ וּשְׁלם‬ בָּ֝הֶ֗ם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ֥ טוֹבָֽה	21		Cherish please, with him, and be whole. In these, good will come to you.	3e	4B	5 10
קַח־נָ֣א מִפִּ֣יו תּוֹרָ֑ה וְשִׂ֥ים אֲ֝מָרָ֗יו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ	22		Take please from his mouth instruction, and set his sayings in your heart.	3e	4B	6 9
אִם־תָּשׁ֣וּב עַד־שַׁ֭דַּי תִּבָּנֶ֑ה תַּרְחִ֥יק עַ֝וְלָ֗ה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ	23		If you return to the Sufficient, you will be built. You will put injustice far from your tent.	3e	4B	9 9
וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּבְצ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר	24		And you will put enclosure to dust, and as a rock in torrents, Ophir.	3e	4B	7 7
וְהָיָ֣ה שַׁדַּ֣י בְּצָרֶ֑יךָ וְכֶ֖סֶף תּוֹעָפ֣וֹת לָֽךְ	25		And the Sufficient will become your enclosure, and silver from great effort will be yours.	3e	4B	9 7
כִּי־אָ֭ז עַל־שַׁדַּ֣י תִּתְעַנָּ֑ג וְתִשָּׂ֖א אֶל־אֱל֣וֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ	26		For then on the Sufficient you will delight exquisitely, and you will lift up to God your face.	3e	4B	8 10
תַּעְתִּ֣יר אֵ֭לָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּ וּנְדָרֶ֥יךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם	27		You will petition to him and he will hear you, and your vows, you will pay.	3e	4B	9 7
וְֽתִגְזַר־א֭וֹמֶר‬ וְיָ֣קָם לָ֑ךְ וְעַל־דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ נָ֣גַֽהּ אֽוֹר	28		And you will part with a saying, and it will arise for you, and on your ways light will illuminate.	3e	4B	9 9
כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּוָ֑ה וְשַׁ֖ח עֵינַ֣יִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ	29		For they humble and you will say, Hubris, but the depressed eyes he will save.	3e	4B	9 7
יְֽמַלֵּ֥ט‬ אִֽי־נָקִ֑י וְ֝נִמְלַ֗ט בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ פ	30		He will make escape. Where? Innocence. And escape is made by the purity of your open palms.	3e	4B	5 9