Job 22:26

Job 22:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
• New International Version (NIV)Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For then you will have your delight in the Almighty, And lift up your face to God.

Context of Job 22:26

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, Then you will have delight in the Almighty, And you will lift up your face to God. 27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, And you will pay your vows. 28You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways.

Job 22:26 word by word

כִּי־אָ֭ז עַל־שַׁדַּ֣י תִּתְעַנָּ֑ג וְתִשָּׂ֖א אֶל־אֱל֣וֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For then shalt thou have thy delightעָנֹג‛ânag · to delightH6026
• in the Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706
• and shalt lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: kindnessH5375
• thy faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• unto Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433

Cross-references for Job 22:26

• Job 27:10Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
• Job 34:9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing When he takes delight and is pleased with God and obeys Him.’
• Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the Lord, And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.
• Isaiah 58:14Then you will take pleasure in the Lord, And I will make you ride on the high places of the earth, And I will feed you with the [promised] heritage of Jacob your father; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
• Romans 7:22For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],
• Job 11:15Then, indeed, you could lift up your face [to Him] without moral defect, And you would be firmly established and secure and not fear.
• Psalms 25:1To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
• Psalms 86:4Make Your servant rejoice, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul [all that I am—in prayer].
• Psalms 143:8Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For I trust in You. Teach me the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You.
• 1 John 3:20whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands].

Commentaries on Job 22:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26For then shalt thou have thy delight - Thou shalt know, from thy temporal prosperity, that God favors thee; and for his bounty thou shalt be grateful. How different is this doctrine from that of St. Paul and St. John! "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus." "Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father!" "The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirits that we…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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. lift up ... face, &c.--repeated from Zophar (Job 11:15).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 22:26

• Backsliders
• Joy
• Peace
• Penitent
• Prosperity
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• Acquaint
• Decree
• Lift
• Sudden
• Thereby
• Delight
• Eliphaz (2)
• Eliphaz

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