Acquaint. This is the false theology of Eliphaz. Compare Job 42:8 . good = blessing. Most codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and unto = upon. Vulgate, read "thy gain shall be blessing". read more
return. Septuagint adds "and submit thyself". tabernacles = tents. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "tent"; others, with six early printed editions (and one in margin), read "tents" (plural) read more
"Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:Thereby good shall come unto thee.Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,And lay up his words in thy heart.If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.And lay thou thy treasure in the dust,And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.And the Almighty will be thy treasure,And precious silver unto thee.For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty,And shalt lift up... read more
Job 22:21. Acquaint now thyself, &c.— Humble thyself, I pray thee, before him, and make restitution. Heath. read more
Job 22:22. Receive, I pray thee, &c.— This phrase, says Bishop Warburton, was taken from the verbal delivery of the Jewish law from Mount Sinai. He adds, "The rabbins were so sensible of the expressive peculiarity of this phrase, that they say the law of Moses is here spoken of by a kind of prophetic anticipation." It is of little moment, in the present case, what the rabbins say; the argument, if it carries any weight with it, must proceed upon this supposition, that men were under no... read more
Job 22:24. Then shalt thou lay up gold, &c.— And count the fine gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks: Job 22:25. For, the Almighty shall be thy fine gold, &c. Heath; who observes, that Grotius has given a right exposition of the 24th verse: Value not the gold more than dust, nor the gold of Ophir than the stones of the torrent. read more
21. Eliphaz takes it for granted, Job is not yet "acquainted" with God; literally, "become a companion of God." Turn with familiar confidence to God. and be—So thou shalt be: the second imperatively expresses the consequence of obeying the first ( :-). peace—prosperity and restoration to Job; true spiritually also to us (Romans 5:1; Colossians 1:20). good— (Colossians 1:20- :). read more
23. Built up—anew, as a restored house. thou shalt put away—rather, "If thou put away" [MICHAELIS]. read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 22:1-30
22:1-26:14 THIRD ROUND OF ARGUMENTEliphaz speaks (22:1-30)In the first two rounds Eliphaz had not been as severe on Job as the others. Now, however, he attacks Job with specific accusations. He argues that since a person can add nothing to God, God would not make Job suffer in the hope of gaining some benefit for himself. The reason for Job’s suffering must lie with Job, not with God (22:1-3. Note how once again Eliphaz refers back to the main part of his dream; cf. 4:17-19). And since God... read more