English Standard Version
Job 22:28
28You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
Context of Job 22:28
26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God. 27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows. You 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. 30He delivers even the one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
Read all of Job 22Job 22:28 word by word
וְֽתִגְזַר־א֭וֹמֶר וְיָ֣קָם לָ֑ךְ וְעַל־דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ נָ֣גַֽהּ אֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:28
- Psalms 20:4May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!
- Psalms 90:17Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
- Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?
- Matthew 21:22And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith."
- James 4:15Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."
- Job 29:3when his lamp shone upon 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 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
- Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
- Isaiah 30:21And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
- Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
- John 8:12Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in 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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