Revised Literal Translation
Job 22:28
28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Job 22:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
- New International Version (NIV)What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.
Context of Job 22:28
26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. 30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:28 word by word
וְֽתִגְזַר־א֭וֹמֶר וְיָ֣קָם לָ֑ךְ וְעַל־דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ נָ֣גַֽהּ אֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 22:28
- Psalms 20:4Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
- Psalms 90:17And let the beauty of Yhwh our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
- Lamentations 3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
- Matthew 21:22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
- James 4:15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
- Job 29:3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
- Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
- Psalms 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
- Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
- Isaiah 30:21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
- Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
- John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Commentaries on Job 22:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Thou shalt also decree a thing - Whatsoever thou purposest in his strength, thou shalt be enabled to accomplish.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. 2828. light--success.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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