Job 22:24

Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and [the gold of] Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

In Context

23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

25Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee.

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Cross References

1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and fetched gold from there, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

2 Chronicles 1:5Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of LORD. And Solomon and the assembly sought to it.

2 Chronicles 9:27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

Psalms 45:9Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women. At thy right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

Matthew Henry on Job 22:22-30

The Good Counsel of Eliphaz; Encouragements to Return to God. ( b. c. 1520.) 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have… Read the whole commentary →

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