Job 22:21-30

21 "¹Yield now and be at peace with Him; Thereby good will come to you.

22 "Please receive ²instruction from His mouth And establish His words in your heart.

23 "If you ³return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you ⁴remove unrighteousness far from your tent,

24 And ⁵place your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

25 Then the Almighty will be your gold And choice silver to you.

26 "For then you will ⁶delight in the Almighty And lift up your face to God.

27 "You will ⁷pray to Him, and ⁸He will hear you; And you will pay your vows.

28 "You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And ⁹light will shine on your ways.

29 "When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence, And the ¹⁰humble * person * He will save.

30 "He will deliver one who is not innocent, And he will be ¹¹delivered through the cleanness of your hands."

Job 22:21-30 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.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 34:10
• 2. Job 6:10; Job 23:12; Proverbs 2:6
• 3. Job 8:5; Job 11:13; Isaiah 19:22; Isaiah 31:6; Zechariah 1:3
• 4. Job 11:14
• 5. Job 31:24, 25
• 6. Job 27:10; Psalms 37:4; Isaiah 58:14
• 7. Job 11:13; Job 33:26; Isaiah 58:9
• 8. Job 34:28
• 9. Job 11:17; Psalms 112:4
• 10. Job 5:11; Job 36:7; Matthew 23:12; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5
• 11. Job 42:7, 8; Psalms 18:20; Psalms 24:3, 4

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Know intimately"
• [b] Or "law"
• [c] Heb "Shaddai"
• [d] Lit "built up"
• [e] Lit "ore"
• [f] Heb "Shaddai"
• [g] Lit "ore"
• [h] Heb "Shaddai"
• [i] Lit "they cast" you "down"
• [j] Lit "pride"
• [k] Lit "lowly of eyes"