Job 22:15-25

15 The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?

16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

17 Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

18 And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

19 See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,

20 `Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

21 Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.

22 Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

23 If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

24 So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

25 And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.

Job 22:15-25 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.