American Standard Version
Job 22:27
27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee;And thou shalt pay thy vows.
Job 22:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
- New International Version (NIV)You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you, And you will pay your vows.
Context of Job 22:27
25And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee. 26For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God. Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows. 28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways. 29When they casttheedown, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:27 word by word
תַּעְתִּ֣יר אֵ֭לָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּ וּנְדָרֶ֥יךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 22:27
- Psalms 50:14Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High;
- Psalms 66:17I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue.
- Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
- Psalms 116:1I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications.
- Isaiah 58:9Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
- 1 John 5:14And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
- Psalms 56:12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.
- Psalms 66:13I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows,
- Psalms 116:14I will pay my vows unto Jehovah, Yea, in the presence of all his people.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
- Jonah 2:9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.
Commentaries on Job 22:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him - תעתיר tatir, thou shalt open or unbosom thyself. And when the heart prays, God hears; and the person, being blessed, vows fidelity, prays on, is supported, and enabled to pay his vows.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. 27Ironically, Job will pray, God will hear, and Eliphaz will benefit (42:8). you will fulfill your vows: People often vowed after God forgave them (Hosea 14:2; Jonah 1:16; 2:9). They also vowed when asking help from God (Judges 11:29–40; 1 Samuel 1:1–28). Vows mean a serious commitments or to swear a promise (Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:23; Psalms 22:25; 61:5, 8; 116:14, 18; Ecclesiastes 5:4–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. (Is 58:9, 14). pay thy vows--which thou hast promised to God in the event of thy prayers being heard: God will give thee occasion to pay the former, by hearing the latter.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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