New International Version
Job 22:26
26Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.
Job 22:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For then you will have your delight in the Almighty, And lift up your face to God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Then you will take delight in the Almighty and look up to God.
Context of Job 22:26
24and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, 25then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you. Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God. 27You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. 28What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:26 word by word
כִּי־אָ֭ז עַל־שַׁדַּ֣י תִּתְעַנָּ֑ג וְתִשָּׂ֖א אֶל־אֱל֣וֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:26
- Job 27:10Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?
- Job 34:9For he says, ‘There is no profit in trying to please God.’
- Psalms 37:4Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- Isaiah 58:14then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” The mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;
- Job 11:15then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.
- Psalms 25:1In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.
- Psalms 86:4Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you.
- Psalms 143:8Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.
- 1 John 3:20If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
Commentaries on Job 22:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26For then shalt thou have thy delight - Thou shalt know, from thy temporal prosperity, that God favors thee; and for his bounty thou shalt be grateful. How different is this doctrine from that of St. Paul and St. John! "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus." "Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father!" "The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirits that we…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. 2626. lift up ... face, &c.--repeated from Zophar (Job 11:15).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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