New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 22:24
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
22Please receive instruction from His mouth And establish His words in your heart. 23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent, And 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. 26For then you will delight in the Almighty And lift up your face to God.
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וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּבְצ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 22:24
- 1 Kings 10:21All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 1:5Now the bronze altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.
- 2 Chronicles 9:10The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.
- Genesis 10:29and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
- 1 Kings 9:28They went to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
- Psalms 45:9Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies; At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
- Isaiah 13:12I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of 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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