Job 22:19-29

19 Verán los justos y se gozarán; y el inocente los escarnecerá, diciendo

20 ¿Por ventura fue cortada nuestra sustancia, habiendo consumido el fuego el resto de ellos

21 Amístate ahora con él, y tendrás paz; y por ello te vendrá bien

22 Toma ahora la ley de su boca, y pon sus palabras en tu corazón

23 Si te volvieres al Omnipotente, serás edificado; alejarás de tu tienda la iniquidad

24 y tendrás más oro que tierra, y como piedras de arroyos oro de Ofir

25 Y el Todopoderoso será tu defensa, y tendrás plata a montones

26 Porque entonces te deleitarás en el Omnipotente, y alzarás a Dios tu rostro

27 Orarás a él, y él te oirá; y tú pagarás tus promesas

28 Determinarás asimismo una cosa, y te será firme; y sobre tus caminos resplandecerá luz

29 Cuando los otros fueren abatidos, dirás tú: Ensalzamiento habrá; y él salvará al humilde de ojos

Job 22:19-29 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.