Job 22:30

Job 22:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
• New International Version (NIV)He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)He delivers even the one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
• New King James Version (NKJV)He will even deliver one who is not innocent; Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.”

Context of Job 22:30

28You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways. 29When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence, And the humble person He will save. He will deliver one who is not innocent, And he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

Job 22:30 word by word

יְֽמַלֵּ֥ט אִֽי־נָקִ֑י וְ֝נִמְלַ֗ט בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ פRead the interlinear

• He will deliverמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• one who is not innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• through the cleannessבֹּרbôr · cleannessH1252
• of your handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709

Cross-references for Job 22:30

• Job 42:8Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”
• Genesis 18:26So the Lord said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account.”
• Isaiah 58:12Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.
• Jeremiah 5:1“Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And look now and take note. And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, Then I will pardon her.
• Acts 27:24saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.’
• Isaiah 1:15So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
• Malachi 1:9“But now will you not entreat God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us? With such an offering on your part, will He receive any of you kindly?” says the Lord of hosts.
• Matthew 17:19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not drive it out?”
• Acts 19:15And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
• 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.
• James 5:15and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

Commentaries on Job 22:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30He shall deliver the island of the innocent - The word אי ai, which we translate island, is most probably the Arabic particle (Arabic) whosoever, whatsoever, any, whosoever he may be, as (Arabic) ai rajuli, whatsoever man he may be. And it is most probable that both words are Arabic, (Arabic) or (Arabic) any innocent, chaste, pure, or holy person; for the word has the same meaning both in Hebrew and Arabic. The text may therefore be translated, He shall…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. 3030. island--that is, "dwelling." But the Hebrew expresses the negative (1Sa 4:21); translate "Thus He (God) shall deliver him who was not guiltless," namely, one, who like Job himself on conversion shall be saved, but not because he was, as Job so constantly affirms of himself, guiltless, but because he humbles himself (Job 22:29); an oblique attack on Job, even to the last. and it--Rather, "he (the one not heretofore guiltless) shall be delivered through…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 22:30

• Backsliders
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Acquaint
• Decree
• Lift
• Sudden
• Thereby
• Eliphaz (2)
• Pure; Purely; Purity
• 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