Job 22:24
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
Young's Literal Translation
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 dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
25And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:28and they come in to Ophir and take thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and bring [it] in unto king Solomon.
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber.
2 Chronicles 1:5and the altar of brass that Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur made, he put before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the assembly seek to it.
2 Chronicles 9:27And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that [are] in the low country, for abundance,
Psalms 45:9Daughters of kings [are] among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure 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 →