Christian Standard Bible
Job 22:28
28When you make a decision, it will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
Job 22:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
- New International Version (NIV)What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.
Context of Job 22:28
26Then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God. 27You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. When you make a decision, it will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways. 29When others are humiliated and you say, “Lift them up,” God will save the humble. 30He will even rescue the guilty one, who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:28 word by word
וְֽתִגְזַר־א֭וֹמֶר וְיָ֣קָם לָ֑ךְ וְעַל־דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ נָ֣גַֽהּ אֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 22:28
- Psalms 20:4May he give you what your heart desires and fulfill your whole purpose.
- Psalms 90:17Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish for us the work of our hands — establish the work of our hands!
- Lamentations 3:37Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Matthew 21:22And if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- James 4:15Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
- Job 29:3when his lamp shone above my head, and I walked through darkness by his light!
- Psalms 97:11Light dawns for the righteous, gladness for the upright in heart.
- Psalms 112:4Light shines in the darkness for the upright. He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Isaiah 30:21and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.
- John 8:12Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”
Commentaries on Job 22:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Thou shalt also decree a thing - Whatsoever thou purposest in his strength, thou shalt be enabled to accomplish.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. 2828. light--success.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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