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Texts -- Job 22:16-30 (NET)

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22:16 men who were carried off before their time , when the flood was poured out on their foundations ? 22:17 They were saying to God , ‘Turn away from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ 22:18 But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me. 22:19 The righteous see their destruction and rejoice ; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying, 22:20 ‘Surely our enemies are destroyed , and fire consumes their wealth .’ 22:21 “Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good . 22:22 Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart . 22:23 If you return to the Almighty , you will be built up ; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent , 22:24 and throw your gold in the dust – your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines 22:25 then the Almighty himself will be your gold , and the choicest silver for you. 22:26 Surely then you will delight yourself in the Almighty , and will lift up your face toward God . 22:27 You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him. 22:28 Whatever you decide on a matter , it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways . 22:29 When people are brought low and you say ‘Lift them up !’ then he will save the downcast ; 22:30 he will deliver even someone who is not innocent , who will escape through the cleanness of your hands .”

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • God blessed Solomon with an effective navy that brought added wealth from the South and the East. Ophir (v. 28) evidently was in southwest Arabia (10:11; Job 22:24; 28:16).The writer documented in this section further evidenc...
  • What this book is all about has been the subject of considerable debate. Many people think God gave it to us to provide His answer to the age-old problem of suffering. In particular, many believe it is in the Bible to help us...
  • I. Prologue chs. 1-2A. Job's character 1:1-5B. Job's calamities 1:6-2:101. The first test 1:6-222. The second test 2:1-10C. Job's comforters 2:11-13II. The dialogue concerning the basis of the divine-human relationship 3:1-42...
  • The writer composed the prologue and epilogue of this book in prose narrative and the main body (3:1-42:6) in poetry. The prologue and epilogue form a frame around the main emphasis of the revelation, the poetic section, and ...
  • Eliphaz proceeded next to judge Job's motives. He assumed Job had concluded that because God was far away in heaven he would get away with sin on earth. However, Job had affirmed God's omniscience (21:22). Perhaps Eliphaz had...
  • This appeal sounds almost tender. However, Eliphaz had been very condemning in what he had just accused Job of doing and thinking. Job did not need to repent, as Eliphaz suggested (v. 23). He was not suffering because he had ...
  • Wherever Job looked, he could not find God. Two paraphrases of verse 10 are these. Because (the first word in the verse in Hebrew) He knows my ways, God is evading me. "He knows I am innocent and therefore is refusing to appe...
  • Elihu began by voicing his respect for Job's three friends (vv. 6-10). They were older than he, and for this reason he said he had refrained from speaking until now. However he had become convinced that advancing age does not...

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.'--Job 22:21.In the sense in which the speaker meant them, these words are not true. They mean little more than It pays to be religious.' What ...
  • For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27. Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. 28. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and ...
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