New English Translation
Job 22:30
30he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape through the cleanness of your hands.”
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
28Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. 29When people are brought low and you say ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast; he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape through the cleanness of your hands.”
Read all of Job 22Job 22:30 word by word
יְֽמַלֵּ֥ט אִֽי־נָקִ֑י וְ֝נִמְלַ֗ט בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:30
- Job 42:8So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
- Genesis 18:26So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
- Isaiah 58:12Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called, ‘The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’
- Jeremiah 5:1The Lord said, “Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.
- Acts 27:24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
- Malachi 1:9But now plead for God’s favor that he might be gracious to us. “With this kind of offering in your hands, how can he be pleased with you?” asks the Lord who rules over all.
- Matthew 17:19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
- Acts 19:15But the evil spirit replied to them, “I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
- 1 Timothy 2:8So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.
- James 5:15And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up – and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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
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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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