Job 22:26
For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,
Young's Literal Translation
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
25And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.
27Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
Cross References
Job 27:10On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
Psalms 25:1By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, my soul I lift up.
Psalms 86:4Rejoice the soul of Thy servant, For unto Thee, O Lord, my soul I lift up.
Song of Solomon 2:3As a citron among trees of the forest, So [is] my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit [is] sweet to my palate.
Romans 7:22for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
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 →