Job 22:24

Job 22:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
• New International Version (NIV)and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
• English Standard Version (ESV)if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then you will lay your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

Context of Job 22:24

22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. 23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents, And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents, 25Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee; 26Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God:

Job 22:24 word by word

וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּבְצ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

• putשִׁיתshîyth · to set: putH7896
• dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• Ophirאוֹפִיר'ôphîyr 'ôphîyr 'ôphir · OphirH211

Cross-references for Job 22:24

• 1 Kings 10:21And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of precious gold: none were of silver, [which] was not of the least account in the days of Solomon.
• 2 Chronicles 1:5And the brazen altar that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
• 2 Chronicles 9:10(And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought sandal-wood and precious stones.
• Genesis 10:29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.
• 1 Kings 9:28and they went to Ophir, and fetched thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
• 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
• Psalms 45:9Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
• Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.

Commentaries on Job 22:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust - The original is not fairly rendered in this translation, בצר עפר על ושית veshith al aphar batser, which Montanus renders: Et pone super pulverem munitionem, "And fix a tower upon the dust;" אופיר נחלים ובצור ubetsur nechalim Ophir, et in petra torrentes Ophir, "and in the rock, the torrents of Ophir." The Vulgate is widely different: Dabit pro terra silicem, et pro silice torrentes aureos, "He will give thee flint for…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. 24gold of Ophir: Ophir was probably in southern Arabia (see 1 Kings 9:28; 22:48). The gold of Ophir set the standard for fine gold (Isaiah 13:12). Queens wore it at weddings (Psalm 45:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Rather, containing the protasis from the last clause of Job 22:23, "If thou regard the glittering metal as dust"; literally, "lay it on on the dust"; to regard it of as little value as the dust on which it lies. The apodosis is at Job 22:25, Then shall the Almighty be, &c. God will take the place of the wealth, in which thou didst formerly trust. gold--rather, "precious" or "glittering metal," parallel to "(gold) of Ophir," in the second clause…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 22:24

• Backsliders
• Gold
• Ophir
• Penitent
• Prosperity
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Acquaint
• Decree
• Lift
• Ophir
• Sudden
• Thereby
• Eliphaz (2)
• Flint
• Gold
• Stone, Stones

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