Job 22:23

And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, 1 Thou hast thus removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

In Context

22And receive a declaration from his mouth, 1 And lay up his words in thy heart. 1

24Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; 1 And Ophir shall be as the rock of the torrent. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:13and he prayed to him: and he hearkened to him, and listened to his cry, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom: and Manasseh knew that the Lord he is God.

Job 8:6If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, 1 And will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness. 1

Job 12:14If he should cast down, who will build up? 1 If he should shut up against men, who shall open? 1

Isaiah 31:6Turn, ye children of Israel, who devise a deep and sinful counsel.

Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to you,

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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