Giobbe 22:23-30

23 Se torni all’Onnipotente, se allontani l’iniquità dalle tue tende, sarai ristabilito.
24 Getta l’oro nella polvere e l’oro d’Ophir tra i ciottoli del fiume
25 e l’Onnipotente sarà il tuo oro, egli ti sarà come l’argento acquistato con fatica.
26 Allora farai dell’Onnipotente la tua delizia, e alzerai la faccia verso Dio.
27 Lo pregherai, egli t’esaudirà, e tu scioglierai i voti che avrai fatto.
28 Quello che imprenderai, ti riuscirà; sul tuo cammino risplenderà la luce.
29 Se ti abbassano, tu dirai: "In alto!" e Dio soccorrerà chi ha gli occhi a terra;
30 libererà anche chi non è innocente, ei sarà salvo per la purità delle tue mani".

Giobbe 22:23-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 22

This chapter contains the third and last reply of Eliphaz to Job, in which he charges him with having too high an opinion of himself, of his holiness and righteousness, as if God was profited by it, and laid thereby under obligation to him, whereas he was not, Job 22:1-3; and as if he reproved and chastised him, because of his fear of him, whereas it was because of his sins, Job 22:4,5; an enumeration of which he gives, as of injustice, oppression, cruelty to the poor, and even of atheism and infidelity, for which snares and fears were around him, and various calamities, Job 22:6-14; and compares his way and course of life to that of the men of the old world, and the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, and suggests that his end would be like theirs, unless he repented, Job 22:15-20; and then concludes with an exhortation to him to return to God by repentance, and to reform, when he should see happy times again, and enjoy much outward and inward prosperity, and be an instrument of doing much good to many, Job 22:21-30.

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