Job 22:24
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
King James Version
In Context
25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
2 Chronicles 1:5Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
2 Chronicles 9:27And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
Psalms 45:9Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen 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 →