Job 22:24

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

23And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, 1 Thou hast thus removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation. 1

25So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, 1 And he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and took thence a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.

2 Chronicles 1:5And the brazen altar which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation inquired at it.

2 Chronicles 9:27And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as the sycamore trees in the plain for abundance.

Psalms 45:9Come, and behold the works of the Lord, 1 What wonders he has achieved on the earth. 1

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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