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Job 22:23
23If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up [and restored]; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,
Job 22:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
- New International Version (NIV)If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you return to the Almighty you will be built up; if you remove injustice far from your tents,
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
Context of Job 22:23
21“Now yield and submit yourself to Him [agree with God and be conformed to His will] and be at peace; In this way [you will prosper and great] good will come to you. 22Please receive the law and instruction from His mouth And establish His words in your heart and keep them. If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up [and restored]; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tents, 24And place your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks [considering it of little value], 25And make the Almighty your gold And your precious silver,
Read all of Job 22Job 22:23 word by word
אִם־תָּשׁ֣וּב עַד־שַׁ֭דַּי תִּבָּנֶ֑ה תַּרְחִ֥יק עַ֝וְלָ֗ה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:23
- Job 8:5If you would [diligently] seek God And implore the compassion and favor of the Almighty,
- Job 11:13“If you direct your heart [on the right path] And stretch out your hands to Him,
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.
- Hosea 14:1O Israel, return [in repentance] to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
- Zechariah 1:3Therefore say to the Jews, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts (armies), “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and I shall return to you.
- Acts 26:20but I openly proclaimed first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent [change their inner self—their old way of thinking] and turn to God, doing deeds and living lives which are consistent with repentance.
- Job 12:14Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel! You will again be adorned with your tambourines and timbrels And go out to the dances of those who celebrate.
- Colossians 2:7having been deeply rooted [in Him] and now being continually built up in Him and [becoming increasingly more] established in your faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing in it with gratitude.
- Jude 1:20But you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,
- Job 11:14If sin is in your hand, put it far away [from you], And do not let wrongdoing dwell in your tents;
- Job 18:15Nothing of his dwells in his tent; Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].
- Joshua 7:13Rise up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: “There are things under the ban among you, O Israel. You cannot stand [victorious] before your enemies until you remove the things under the ban from among you.”
- Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with integrity, Who rejects gain from fraud and from oppression, Who shakes his hand free from the taking of bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes to avoid looking upon evil;
- Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of the whole land; for everyone who steals will be cut off according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears [oaths falsely] shall be cut off according to the writing on the other side.
- 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God [which He has laid] stands [sure and unshaken despite attacks], bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord stand apart from wickedness and withdraw from wrongdoing.”
Commentaries on Job 22:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Thou shalt be built up - God will restore thee to thy wonted state of prosperity; and thou shalt again have a household, not only of servants, but of children also. So much may be Implied in the words, Thou shalt be Built Up. See my sermon on Job 22:21-23.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-30Verses 21-30 The answer of Eliphaz wrongly implied that Job had hitherto not known God, and that prosperity in this life would follow his sincere conversion. The counsel Eliphaz here gives is good, though, as to Job, it was built upon a false supposition that he was a stranger and enemy to God. Let us beware of slandering our brethren; and if it be our lot to suffer in this manner, let us remember how Job was treated; yea, how Jesus was reviled, that we…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23return to the Almighty: Bildad and Zophar had already made a wrong application of this principle of the Bible (8:5–6; 11:13–14; Isaiah 55:6–7; Hosea 14:1–2; Zechariah 1:3; Acts 26:20). Now Eliphaz also makes a wrong application of it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. Built up--anew, as a restored house. thou shalt put away--rather, "If thou put away" [Michaelis].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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