Job 22:26
For then you will have delight in the Ruler of all, and your face will be lifted up to God.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
In Context
25Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;
27You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.
Cross References
Job 27:10Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?
Psalms 25:1Of David. To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.
Psalms 86:4Make glad the soul of your servant; for it is lifted up to you, O Lord.
Song of Solomon 2:3As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Romans 7:22In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
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 →