Job 22:21-30

21 »Sométete a Dios; ponte en paz con él,y volverá a ti la prosperidad.
22 Acepta la enseñanza que mana de su boca;¡grábate sus palabras en el corazón!
23 Si te vuelves al Todopoderosoy alejas de tu casa la maldad,serás del todo restaurado;
24 si tu oro refinado[a] lo arrojas por el suelo,entre rocas y cañadas,
25 tendrás por oro al Todopoderoso,y será él para ti como plata refinada.
26 En el Todopoderoso te deleitarás;ante Dios levantarás tu rostro.
27 Cuando ores, él te escuchará,y tú le cumplirás tus votos.
28 Tendrás éxito en todo lo que emprendas,y en tus caminos brillará la luz.
29 Porque Dios humilla a los altaneros,y exalta a los humildes.
30 Él salva al que es inocente,y por tu honradez quedarás a salvo».[b]

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.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. "oro refinado" . Lit. "oro de Ofir" .
  • [b]. "Él salva " "… " "salvo" . Alt. "Él salva al que es culpable, / y lo salva por la limpieza de tus manos" .
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