Job 22:24 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 22:24

22 Receive, please, ^ainstruction from His mouth,
And ^blay up His words in your heart.

23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.

24 Then you will ^alay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

25 Yes, the Almighty will be your¹ gold
And your precious silver;

26 For then you will have your ^adelight in the Almighty,
And lift up your face to God.

27 ^aYou will make your prayer to Him,
He will hear you,
And you will pay your vows.

28 You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.

29 When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’
Then ^aHe will save the humble person.

30 He will even deliver one who is not innocent;
Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.”

Verse Comparison: Job 22:24

American Standard Version
And lay thou `thy' treasure in the dust, And `the gold of' Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

Amplified® Bible
If you lay gold in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brook [considering them of little worth],

Contemporary English Version
So get rid of your finest gold, as though it were sand.

Darby English Version
And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

Good News Bible
Throw away your gold; dump your finest gold in the dry stream bed.

King James Version
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

New American Standard Bible
And place {your} gold in the dust, And {the gold of} Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

New International Version
and assign your nuggets to the dust,
your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,

New King James Version
Then you will lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And place your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

Revised Standard Version
if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent bed,

Young's Literal Translation
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

New English Translation
and throw¹ your gold² in the dust – your gold³ of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines –