Job 22:24
Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
World English Bible Classic
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
25The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:28They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon.
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
2 Chronicles 1:5Moreover the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was there before the LORD’s tabernacle; and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.
2 Chronicles 9:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as abundant as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
Psalms 45:9Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in 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 →