Job 22:24
Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
23If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,
25So shall, the Almighty, become, thy precious ores, yea glittering silver unto thee!
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 Tarshish, to go to Ophir, for gold; but they went not,—for ships had been broken to pieces in Ezion-geber.
2 Chronicles 1:5Also, the altar of bronze that Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur had made, was there before the habitation of Yahweh,—so Solomon and the convocation sought it.
2 Chronicles 9:27And the king made the silver in Jerusalem like the stones,—and, the cedar trees, made he like the sycomores which are in the lowland, for abundance.
Psalms 45:9Daughters of kings, are among thine honourable women, Stationed is the bride at thy right hand, 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 →