Job 22:21-26 NASB

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 22:22

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth - Listen to his commands, and obey his precepts.And lay up his words in thine heart - Embrace his truth, and do not forget it. Let it abide with you, and let it influence your secret feelings and the purposes of the soul. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 22:23

If thou return to the Almighty - Assuming that he was an impenitent sinner, and wholly unreconciled to him.Thou shalt be built up - A figure taken from building up a house, in contradistinction from pulling one down, and denoting that he would be prospered and happy.Thou shalt put away iniquity - Rosenmuller, Good, Noyes, and Wemyss, suppose correctly, as it seems to me, that the word “if” is to be understood here to complete the sense - “if thou shalt put away iniquity.”From thy tabernacle -... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 22:24

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust - Margin, or, “on the dust.” Dr. Good renders this, “Thou shalt then count thy treasure as dust” - implying that he would have much of it. Noyes, “Cast to the dust thy gold” - implying that he would throw his gold away as of no account, and put his dependence on God alone. Kim-chi, and, after him, Grotius, suppose that it means, “Thy gold thou shalt regard no more than dust, and gold of Ophir no more than the stones of the brook; God shall be to thee better... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 22:25

Yea, the Almighty shall be - Or, rather, “then the Almighty shall be” - והיה yehâyâh. The meaning is, that if he would return to God, and cast off his anxiety for gold, “then” the Almighty would be his real treasure, and would impart to him solid happiness.Thy defense - Margin, “gold.” The margin is the more correct translation. The word is the same which occurs in the previous verse בצר betser, and there rendered “gold.” The word may have the sense of “defense,” as the verb בצר bâtsar is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 22:26

Shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty - Instead of complaining of him as you now do, you would then find calm enjoyment in contemplating his character and his moral government. This is a correct account of the effects of reconciliation. He who becomes truly “acquainted” with God has pleasure in his existence and attributes; in his law and administration. No longer disposed to complain, he confides in him when he is afflicted; flees to him when he is persecuted; seeks him in the day of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:21

Job 22:21. Acquaint now thyself with him That is, with God, as appears both from Job 22:23, where he is expressed, and from the nature of the matter in hand, there being no other way to happiness. Renew thy acquaintance with God by prayer, and repentance for all thy sins, and true humiliation under his hand, and hearty compliance with all his commands, and diligent care to serve and enjoy him. It is our honour, that we are made capable of this acquaintance; our misery, that by sin we have... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:22

Job 22:22. Receive the law from his mouth Take the rule, whereby thou mayest govern thy thoughts, and words, and whole life, not from idolaters and profane heathen, whose opinion concerning God’s providence thou appearest to have embraced, nor from thy own imaginations or violent passions, which have led thee into thy present errors; but from God, and from his law, which is written in thy own mind, and from the doctrines and instructions of the wise and holy men of God, who are all of our... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:23

Job 22:23. If thou return to the Almighty The Hebrew phrase, תשׁוב עד שׁדי , tashub gnad shaddai, is emphatical, and implies a thorough turning from sin to God, so as to love him, and cleave to him, and sincerely devote a man’s self to his fear and service. Thou shalt be built up God will repair thy ruins, and give thee more children, and bless thee with prosperity. Thou shalt put away iniquity, &c. It is either, 1st, A spiritual promise; if thou dost sincerely repent, God will... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:24-25

Job 22:24-25 . Then shalt thou lay up gold The word בצר , batzer, here rendered gold, is a word of dubious meaning. R. Levi, indeed, makes it parallel to zahab, gold: Ab. Ezra, to cheseph, silver. “In Arabic,” says Chappelow, “it sometimes signifies some particular stones, diversified with white lines. And this, perhaps, is the true sense of the term.” As dust In great abundance. Or, as על עפר , gnal gnaphar, rather means, upon the dust, or ground. It shall be so plentiful,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:26

Job 22:26. For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty Thou shalt find delight, not only or chiefly in these outward comforts, but also and especially in God, whose face shall shine upon thee; and who shall give thee these things, not in anger, as he doth to wicked men, but as pledges of his love and favour to thee, and of those greater and eternal blessings which he hath in store for thee. And accordingly thou shalt delight thyself in him as worldly people delight themselves in... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 22:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 22:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 22:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 22:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 22:26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:24-25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:26

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