God’s Word Translation
Job 22:24
24and lay your gold down in the dust, and put your gold from Ophir among the pebbles in the rivers,
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
22Accept instruction from his mouth, and keep his words in your heart. 23If you return to the Almighty, you will prosper. If you put wrongdoing out of your tent, and lay your gold down in the dust, and put your gold from Ophir among the pebbles in the rivers, 25then the Almighty will become your gold and your large supply of silver. 26Then you will be happy with the Almighty and look up toward God.
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וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּבְצ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:24
- 1 Kings 10:21All King Solomon’s cups were gold, and all the utensils for the hall ⌞which he called⌟ the Forest of Lebanon were fine gold. (Nothing was silver, because it wasn’t considered valuable in Solomon’s time.)
- 2 Chronicles 1:5The bronze altar that Bezalel, son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was in front of the Lord’s tent. There Solomon and the assembly worshiped the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 9:10Huram’s servants and Solomon’s servants who brought gold from Ophir also brought sandalwood and precious stones.
- Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. These were Joktan’s sons.
- 1 Kings 9:28they went to Ophir, got 31,500 pounds of gold, and brought it to King Solomon.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-style ships to go to Ophir for gold. But they didn’t go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.
- Psalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your noble ladies. The queen takes her place at your right hand and wears gold from Ophir.
- Isaiah 13:12I will make people harder to find than pure gold and human beings more rare than gold from 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
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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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