Job 22:26
Then surely shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
25And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee;
27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
Cross References
Job 27:10Will he have his delight in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
Psalms 25:1A Psalm of David. Unto Thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Psalms 86:4Rejoice the soul of Thy servant; for unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Song of Solomon 2:3As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. Under its shadow I delighted to sit, and its fruit was sweet to my taste.
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 →