Job 22:30

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

28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways. 29When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and the humble person he shall save. He shall deliver even him that is not innocent: yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thine hands.

Job 22:30 word by word

יְֽמַלֵּ֥ט אִֽי־נָקִ֑י וְ֝נִמְלַ֗ט בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ פRead the interlinear

• deliverמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• cleannessבֹּרbôr · cleannessH1252
• handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709

Cross-references for Job 22:30

• Job 42:8Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
• Genesis 18:26And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.
• Isaiah 58:12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
• Jeremiah 5:1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
• Acts 27:24saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.
• Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Malachi 1:9And now, I pray you, entreat the favour of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
• Matthew 17:19Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast it out?
• Acts 19:15And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
• 1 Timothy 2:8I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
• James 5:15and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.

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

Topics related to Job 22:30

• Backsliders
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Acquaint
• Decree
• Lift
• Sudden
• Thereby
• Eliphaz (2)
• Pure; Purely; Purity
• Eliphaz

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