Job 22:26

Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, 1 Looking up cheerfully to heaven. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

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

27And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, 1 And he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows. 1

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Cross References

Job 27:10Has he any confidence before him? 1 Or will God hear him as he calls upon him? 1

Psalms 25:1A Psalm of David. 1 Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: 1 And hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved. 1

Psalms 86:4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: 1 Behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: 1 These were born there. 1

Song of Solomon 2:3As the apple among the trees of the wood, 1 So is my kinsman among the sons. 1 I desired his shadow, and sat down, 1 And his fruit was sweet in my throat. 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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