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Job 22:24
24If you give up your lust for money and throw your precious gold into the river,
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
22Listen to his instructions, and store them in your heart. 23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored— so clean up your life. If 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! 26“Then you will take delight in the Almighty and look up to God.
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וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּבְצ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:24
- 1 Kings 10:21All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon’s day!
- 2 Chronicles 1:5But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of Hur was there at Gibeon in front of the Tabernacle of the Lord. So Solomon and the people gathered in front of it to consult the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 9:10(In addition, the crews of Hiram and Solomon brought gold from Ophir, and they also brought red sandalwood and precious jewels.
- Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.
- 1 Kings 9:28They sailed to Ophir and brought back to Solomon some sixteen tons of gold.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat also built a fleet of trading ships to sail to Ophir for gold. But the ships never set sail, for they met with disaster in their home port of Ezion-geber.
- Psalms 45:9Kings’ daughters are among your noble women. At your right side stands the queen, wearing jewelry of finest gold from Ophir!
- Isaiah 13:12I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine 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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