Job 22:24

And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;

Bible in Basic English

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 you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;

25Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;

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Cross References

1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.

1 Kings 22:48\22:47\At that time there was no king in Edom;

2 Chronicles 1:5And the altar of brass which Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the Tent of the Lord; and Solomon and all the people went to give worship there.

2 Chronicles 9:27The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

Psalms 45:9\45:8\Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.

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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