New Living Translation
Job 22:23
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored— so clean up your life.
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“Submit to God, and you will have peace; then things will go well for you. 22Listen to his instructions, and store them in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored— so clean up your life. 24If you give up your lust for money and throw your precious gold into the river, 25the Almighty himself will be your treasure. He will be your precious silver!
Read all of Job 22Job 22:23 word by word
אִם־תָּשׁ֣וּב עַד־שַׁ֭דַּי תִּבָּנֶ֑ה תַּרְחִ֥יק עַ֝וְלָ֗ה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 22:23
- Job 8:5But if you pray to God and seek the favor of the Almighty,
- Job 11:13“If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer!
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.
- Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down.
- Zechariah 1:3Therefore, say to the people, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.’
- Acts 26:20I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must repent of their sins and turn to God—and prove they have changed by the good things they do.
- Job 12:14What he destroys cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.
- Jeremiah 31:4I will rebuild you, my virgin Israel. You will again be happy and dance merrily with your tambourines.
- Colossians 2:7Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
- Jude 1:20But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,
- Job 11:14Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you.
- Job 18:15The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.
- Joshua 7:13“Get up! Command the people to purify themselves in preparation for tomorrow. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Hidden among you, O Israel, are things set apart for the Lord. You will never defeat your enemies until you remove these things from among you.
- Isaiah 33:15Those who are honest and fair, who refuse to profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—
- Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This scroll contains the curse that is going out over the entire land. One side of the scroll says that those who steal will be banished from the land; the other side says that those who swear falsely will be banished from the land.
- 2 Timothy 2:19But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.”
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
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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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