English Standard Version
Job 22:27
27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you, And you will pay your vows.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.
Context of Job 22:27
25then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver. 26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God. You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows. 28You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. 29For when they are humbled you say, 'It is because of pride'; but he saves the lowly.
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תַּעְתִּ֣יר אֵ֭לָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּ וּנְדָרֶ֥יךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:27
- Psalms 50:14Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,
- Psalms 66:17I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.
- Psalms 91:15When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
- Psalms 116:1I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.
- Isaiah 58:9Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
- 1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
- Psalms 56:12I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.
- Psalms 66:13I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you,
- Psalms 116:14I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.
- Jonah 2:9But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!"
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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