Job 22:28

And if thou decree a thing, it will be fulfilled unto thee; and upon thy ways the light will shine.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

In Context

27Thou wilt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and thy vows wilt thou pay.

29For when men are brought low, thou wilt say, Pride [hath done it]; but those of lowly eyes [God] will help.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:3And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.

Psalms 90:17And may the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and the work of our hands do thou firmly establish upon us: yea, the work of our hands—firmly establish thou it.

Psalms 112:4There ariseth in the darkness a light to the upright: he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Isaiah 30:21And thy ears shall hear the word behind thee, saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it,” when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Malachi 4:2(3:20) But there shall rise unto you that fear my name the sun of righteousness with healing in his wings: and ye will go forth, and grow fat as calves of the stall.

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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