“He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.”
"He will deliver even one who is not innocent; and he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." The final verse is ambiguous. It may mean that innocent people can be saved through the prayer of the righteous, or it may mean that even the guilty can be delivered through proper conduct. In either case, Eliphaz concludes by offering hope, conditioned on Job's acceptance of the friends' interpretation and his repentance of the specific sins enumerated.
Church Fathers on Job 22:30
The innocent shall be saved, but he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands. Which same sentence now if it be delivered touching the recompense of the kingdom of heaven, is supported by truth, in that whereas it is written concerning God, Who rendereth to every man according to his deeds, that man in the Last Inquest the justice of the Judge Eternal saveth, whom here His pitifulness sets free from impure deeds. But if a man is to this purport supposed to be here saved…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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