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Job 22:21

JOB—NOTE ON Job 22:21 When he urges Job to “Agree with God,” Eliphaz assumes that his own interpretation of Job’s circumstances matches God’s viewpoint.

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See also Job 22:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 22:21. _ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM_] Perhaps the verb _hasken_ should be translated here, _treasure up_, or _lay up_. _Lay_ _up_ or procure an _interest now with him, and be at peace_. Ge...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM - Margin, that is, “with God.” Eliphaz takes it for granted now, that Job was a sinner wholly unreconciled to God, and unacquainted with him. This fact, he supposes, was...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE THIRD SERIES OF CONTROVERSIES CHAPTER 22 The Third Address of Eliphaz _ 1. Is not thy wickedness great? (Job 22:1)_ 2. In what Job had sinned (Job 22:6) 3. The omniscience of God and the ways...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 22. THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. The only new thing that Eliphaz has to say, is definitely to describe the sin of Job! Yet his mildness makes him end with bright promises. JOB 22:1. Is it not to Job'...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ACQUAINT. This is the false theology of Eliphaz. Compare Job 42:8. GOOD. blessing. Most codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and UNTO. upon. Vulgate, read "thy gain shall be blessing"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Third Circle of Speeches In the first round of speeches the three friends exhausted the argument from the general conception of God. In the second they exhausted the argument from the operation o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _and be at peace_ i. e. thus shalt thou have peace, or, safety....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Eliphaz exhorts Job to reconcile himself with God; assuring him of restoration and great felicity if he will do so. The passage consists of two parts, first, a series of exhortations, each of which i...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 473 ACQUAINTANCE WITH GOD Job 22:21. _Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace_. IN estimating the characters and conduct of men, we must make great allowance for their prejudices an...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF, &C.— _Humble thyself, I pray thee, before him, and make restitution._ Heath....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. Repent, and restoration will be certain. (Job 22:21-30) TEXT 22:21-30 21 ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM, AND BE AT PEACE: Thereby good shall come onto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM, AND BE AT PEACE: THEREBY GOOD SHALL COME UNTO THEE._ Eliphaz takes it for granted, Job is not yet 'acquainted' with God; literally, become a companion of God. Turn wit...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:21 him, (g-5) i.e. God....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LAST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ 1-11. Eliphaz ignoring Job's last speech, perhaps because he could not answer it, argues that God's treatment of man must be impartial, since He has nothing to gain or lose...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Eliphaz did not accuse Job in order to upset him. Eliphaz wanted to help his friend. So Eliphaz hoped that Job would confess his evil deeds to God. Then God would forgive Job. And Job would have a suc...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 22 ELIPHAZ’S LAST SPEECH G...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM. — As he himself had done in Job 5, and as Zophar had done in Job 11, Eliphaz proceeds to give Job some good advice. “Thereby good shall come unto thee,” or “Thereby shal...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַסְכֶּן ־נָ֣א עִמֹּ֑ו וּ שְׁלם בָּ֝הֶ֗ם תְּֽ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XIX. DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERROR Job 22:1 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE second colloquy has practically exhausted the subject of debate between Job and his friends. The three have really nothing more to say in t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “ACQUAINT THYSELF WITH GOD” Job 22:1 Eliphaz opens the third cycle of the discussion with a speech altogether too hard and cruel. He begins with an _enumeration of Job's fancied misdeeds,_ Job 22:1....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the third cycle in the controversy, and again EIiphaz is the first speaker. His address consisted of two movements. First, he made a definite charge against Job (1-20); and, second, he mad...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Acquaint now thyself (q) with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. (q) He exhorts Job to repentance, and to return to God....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (21) В¶ 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. There is a great deal...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _SPIRITUAL ACQUAINTANCE_ ‘Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace.’ Job 22:21 I. WE MAY LEARN MUCH OF GOD IN NATURE.—Everywhere the world is beautiful—sea and sky, wave and grass, flower and...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM, AND BE AT PEACE,.... Not with the righteous and innocent, but with God, as Job 22:22 show: from severe charges and censures, Eliphaz proceeds to advice and exhortations,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee._ Ver. 21. _Acquaint now thyself with him_] _Accommoda te nunc illi, assuesce cum illo._ Converse with God in a humb...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Acquaint now thyself with him_ That is, with God, as appears both from Job 22:23, where he is expressed, and from the nature of the matter in hand, there being no other way to happiness. Renew thy ac...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AN ADMONITION TO REPENT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Acquaint now thyself with Him, make friends with the Lord while there is yet time, AND BE AT PEACE; THEREBY GOOD SHALL COME UNTO THEE, Job would again receive the blessing of the Lord if he would but...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S SIN EXPOSED BEFORE GOD (vv.1-8) Eliphaz considered that he was representing God in speaking, and exposing what he imagined were the sins of Job. He first asks a question that it is well worth...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HIM: That is, with God...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Here is. call to repent. Job needs to yield to God and the result will be that Job will find peace....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    21-30 The answer of Eliphaz wrongly implied that Job had hitherto not known God, and that prosperity in this life would follow his sincere conversion. The counsel Eliphaz here gives is good, though,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WITH HIM, i.e. with God, as appears both from JOB 22:23, where he is expressed, and from the nature of the thing, there being no other way to happiness. Renew thy acquaintance and converse with God by...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 22:21 acquaint H5532 (H8685) peace H7999 (H8798) good H2896 come H935 (H8799) Acquaint -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Job 22:21 I. Consider of what sort our knowledge of God must be. It is a knowledge, not of comprehension, but of acquaintanceship. There are three stages to be observed in a man's knowledge of God. (1...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Eliphaz's third discourse, accusing Job again of hypocrisy. CHARACTERS: God, Eliphaz, Job. CONCLUSION: It is the duty of those especially who are in affliction to keep up a perfect acquain...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 22:5. _Is not thy wickedness great?_ This speech of Eliphaz is cruel, and very much embittered; for it was mere suspicion that Job had robbed the widow, and stripped the naked. Job replies to it m...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace._ ACQUAINTANCE WITH GOD I. What it is, or implies. 1. The knowledge of God’s character and attributes. All true religion rests upon correct views of G...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE_ Remonstrates with Job on his self-righteousness, and plainly charges him with grievous transgressions as the cause of his present sufferings; concludes with pro...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 22:1 Eliphaz returns to the attack, but with observations that are at first strangely pointless and irrelevant, _e.g._ on the unprofitableness of man to God (verses l, 2), and on the s...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Eliphaz takes up the argument now. And the same old story: he accuses Job of being wicked and he actually makes many bad accusations. He said, Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise m...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Acts 10:36;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Him — With God, renew thy acquaintance with God by prayer, and repentance for all thy sins, and true humiliation under his hand, and hearty compliance with all his commands, and diligent care to serve...

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