Job 22:24

And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

Darby Translation

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 shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

25Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

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Cross References

1 Kings 9:28and they went to Ophir, and fetched thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

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

2 Chronicles 1:5And the brazen altar that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

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

Psalms 45:9Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand 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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