Job 22:23

Job 22:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
• New International Version (NIV)If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent
• English Standard Version (ESV)If you return to the Almighty you will be built up; if you remove injustice far from your tents,
• New King James Version (NKJV)If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents.

Context of Job 22:23

21“Yield now and be at peace with Him; Thereby good will come to you. 22Please receive instruction from His mouth And establish His words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent, 24And place your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks, 25Then the Almighty will be your gold And choice silver to you.

Job 22:23 word by word

אִם־תָּשׁ֣וּב עַד־שַׁ֭דַּי תִּבָּנֶ֑ה תַּרְחִ֥יק עַ֝וְלָ֗ה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• restoredבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• removeרָחַקrâchaq · to removeH7368
• from your tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168

Cross-references for Job 22:23

• Job 8:5If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
• Job 11:13“If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him,
• Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.
• Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
• Zechariah 1:3Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “that I may return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.
• Acts 26:20but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.
• Job 12:14Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
• Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines, And go forth to the dances of the merrymakers.
• Colossians 2:7having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.
• Jude 1:20But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
• Job 11:14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
• Job 18:15There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.
• Joshua 7:13Rise up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for thus the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, “There are things under the ban in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you have removed the things under the ban from your midst.”
• Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, He who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
• Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.
• 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”

Commentaries on Job 22:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Thou shalt be built up - God will restore thee to thy wonted state of prosperity; and thou shalt again have a household, not only of servants, but of children also. So much may be Implied in the words, Thou shalt be Built Up. See my sermon on Job 22:21-23.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. 23return to the Almighty: Bildad and Zophar had already made a wrong application of this principle of the Bible (8:5–6; 11:13–14; Isaiah 55:6–7; Hosea 14:1–2; Zechariah 1:3; Acts 26:20). Now Eliphaz also makes a wrong application of it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. Built up--anew, as a restored house. thou shalt put away--rather, "If thou put away" [Michaelis].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 22:23

• Backsliders
• Penitent
• Prosperity
• Repentance
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Acquaint
• Decree
• Lift
• Sudden
• Thereby
• Build; Building
• Builder
• Eliphaz (2)
• Eliphaz

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