Job 22:21-30

21 Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper.

22 And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

23 And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation.

24 Thou shalt lay up for thyself in a heap on the rock; and Sophir as the rock of the torrent.

25 So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.

26 Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.

27 And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee to pay thy vows.

28 And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths.

29 Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.

30 He shall deliver the innocent, and do thou save thyself by thy pure 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.