Job 22:24

And throw down in the dust precious metals, and [the gold of] Ophir to the stones of the brooks:

Leeser Tanakh

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, so thou wilt but remove wrong-doing far away from thy tents.

25Then will the Almighty be thy precious metal, and brightly-shining silver unto thee.

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Cross References

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

1 Kings 22:48(22:49) Jehoshaphat made Tharshish-ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not; for the ships were wrecked at 'Ezyon-geber.

2 Chronicles 1:5But the copper altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Chur, had made, he placed before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the assembly sought for it.

2 Chronicles 9:27And the king rendered silver in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedar-trees he rendered like the sycamore-trees that are in the lowlands, for abundance.

Psalms 45:9(45:10) Kings' daughters are among those dear to thee: the queen standeth on thy right hand in fine 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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