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Job 22:28
28And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy 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
26Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God: 27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows; And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways. 29When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes. 30[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:28 word by word
וְֽתִגְזַר־א֭וֹמֶר וְיָ֣קָם לָ֑ךְ וְעַל־דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ נָ֣גַֽהּ אֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 22:28
- Psalms 20:4Grant thee according to thy heart, and fulfil all thy counsels.
- Psalms 90:17And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.
- Lamentations 3:37Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?
- Matthew 21:22And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
- James 4:15instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.
- Job 29:3When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;
- Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
- Psalms 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
- Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
- Isaiah 30:21And when ye turn to the right hand or when ye turn to the left, thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it.
- Malachi 4:2And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves.
- John 8:12Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall 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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