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If you remove injustice from your tents<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; <i>If</i> you remove injustice far from your tent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up [and restored]; <i>If</i> you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you return to God and turn from sin, all will go well for you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If you return to the Almighty, you will prosper. If you put wrongdoing out of your tent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Yes, you must humbly return to God and put an end to all the evil that is done in your house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"If you return to the Almighty you'll be restored, as you remove iniquity from your household. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If you return to Shaddai, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If you return to the Mighty you are built up, "" You put iniquity far from your tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If thou wilt turn back even to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt remove iniquity far off from thy tent.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If you will return to the Almighty, you will be rebuilt, and you will put sinfulness far from your tabernacle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; if you put iniquity far from your tent, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored, if you remove unrighteousness from your tents,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If you shall repent before God, you shall be built up; if you shall put away iniquity from your dwelling place;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If you are converted to God, you will be built up, and if you will put evil far from your dwelling<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up-- If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast <i>thus</i> removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/22-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3497" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/22.htm">Eliphaz Exhorts Job</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: tā·šūḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">you return</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘a·ḏō·ša- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/7706.htm" title="7706: day (N-proper-ms) -- The Almighty. From shadad; the Almighty.">the Almighty,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: tib·bā·neh (V-Nifal-Imperf-2ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">you will be restored.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7368.htm" title="7368: tar·ḥîq (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To be or become far or distant. A primitive root; to widen, i.e. recede or remove.">If you remove</a> <a href="/hebrew/5766.htm" title="5766: ‘aw·lāh (N-fs) -- Injustice, unrighteousness. Or lavel; and lavlah; or owlah; or.olah; from aval; evil.">injustice</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: mê·’ā·ho·le·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">from your tents</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a></span><br />Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Jeremiah 3:12-14</a></span><br />Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever. / Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD. / “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-2</a></span><br />Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-3.htm">Zechariah 1:3</a></span><br />So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-7.htm">Malachi 3:7</a></span><br />Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a></span><br />“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-2.htm">Deuteronomy 30:2-3</a></span><br />and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, / then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-40.htm">Lamentations 3:40-41</a></span><br />Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. / Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a></span><br />Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a></span><br />Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-5.htm">Revelation 2:5</a></span><br />Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-2.htm">Matthew 3:2</a></span><br />and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.</p><p class="hdg">return</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/8-5.htm">Job 8:5,6</a></b></br> If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/11-13.htm">Job 11:13,14</a></b></br> If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6,7</a></b></br> Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: … </p><p class="hdg">built up</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-14.htm">Job 12:14</a></b></br> Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4</a></b></br> Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/colossians/2-7.htm">Colossians 2:7</a></b></br> Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.</p><p class="hdg">thou shalt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14</a></b></br> If iniquity <i>be</i> in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-15.htm">Job 18:15</a></b></br> It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because <i>it is</i> none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-13.htm">Joshua 7:13-16</a></b></br> Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, <i>There is</i> an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you… </p><p class="hdg">put</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a></b></br> Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/22-17.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/job/20-19.htm">Built</a> <a href="/job/22-15.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/22-18.htm">Far</a> <a href="/job/8-7.htm">Humble</a> <a href="/job/22-15.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/job/14-21.htm">Low</a> <a href="/job/21-3.htm">Making</a> <a href="/job/22-17.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/job/13-27.htm">Puttest</a> <a href="/job/20-28.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-11.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/job/22-17.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/job/21-28.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/job/21-28.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/job/21-28.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/job/15-16.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/job/22-5.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/22-25.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/job/27-18.htm">Built</a> <a href="/job/24-2.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/27-5.htm">Far</a> <a href="/job/22-29.htm">Humble</a> <a href="/job/31-3.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/job/22-29.htm">Low</a> <a href="/job/25-2.htm">Making</a> <a href="/job/22-25.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/psalms/21-3.htm">Puttest</a> <a href="/job/24-2.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/job/33-25.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/job/22-25.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/psalms/43-3.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/job/27-18.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/psalms/27-3.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/job/24-20.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/job/24-20.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Job 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/22-1.htm">Eliphaz shows that man's goodness profits not God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/22-5.htm">He accuses Job of various sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/22-21.htm">He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>If you return to the Almighty</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the concept of repentance and turning back to God, a recurring theme throughout the Bible. The term "Almighty" refers to God's omnipotence, highlighting His power and authority. In the context of Job, Eliphaz is urging Job to repent and return to God, suggesting that Job's suffering is due to sin. This reflects the belief in retributive justice common in the ancient Near East, where suffering was often seen as a direct result of personal wrongdoing. The call to return to God is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a> and <a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13</a>, where repentance is linked to divine mercy and restoration.<p><b>you will be restored</b><br>Restoration is a key biblical theme, often associated with God's promise to renew and bless those who repent. In the context of Job, Eliphaz implies that Job's fortunes will be restored if he repents. This reflects the broader biblical narrative where God restores Israel after periods of disobedience and exile, as seen in passages like <a href="/jeremiah/30-17.htm">Jeremiah 30:17</a> and <a href="/zechariah/10-6.htm">Zechariah 10:6</a>. The idea of restoration also points to the ultimate restoration through Christ, who reconciles humanity to God, as seen in <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17-19</a>.<p><b>If you remove injustice from your tents</b><br>This phrase suggests a call to personal and communal righteousness. "Injustice" refers to any form of wrongdoing or sin, and "tents" symbolize one's household or personal life. In ancient times, tents were the primary dwelling places, representing the center of family life. The call to remove injustice aligns with the biblical emphasis on holiness and justice, as seen in passages like <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a> and <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-17</a>. It also foreshadows the teachings of Jesus, who emphasized inner purity and righteousness in passages like <a href="/matthew/5-8.htm">Matthew 5:8</a> and <a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25-26</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz_the_temanite.htm">Eliphaz the Temanite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Eliphaz is speaking, suggesting that Job's suffering is due to sin and urging him to repent.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_almighty.htm">The Almighty (Shaddai)</a></b><br>A name for God emphasizing His power and sovereignty. Eliphaz calls Job to return to the Almighty, implying a need for repentance and restoration.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/teman.htm">Teman</a></b><br>A region in Edom, associated with wisdom. Eliphaz, being a Temanite, is considered wise, though his counsel is flawed in the context of Job's situation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/injustice.htm">Injustice</a></b><br>The wrongdoing or sin that Eliphaz assumes is present in Job's life, which he believes must be removed for restoration to occur.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The verse emphasizes the importance of returning to God as a pathway to restoration. True repentance involves a heartfelt turning away from sin and towards God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_through_god.htm">Restoration through God</a></b><br>Restoration is a divine act. When we align ourselves with God's will and remove sin from our lives, He promises to restore us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/removing_injustice.htm">Removing Injustice</a></b><br>The call to remove injustice from our lives is a call to live righteously. This involves examining our actions and ensuring they align with God's standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a></b><br>The use of "Almighty" underscores God's ability to restore and redeem. Trusting in His power is crucial for spiritual renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a></b><br>Eliphaz's counsel, though misguided, reminds us of the role of community in encouraging one another towards righteousness and accountability.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_innocent_suffering.htm">Why does God permit suffering of the innocent?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_injustices_persist_if_karma_is_true.htm">If 'a man reaps what he sows' (Galatians 6:7) is universally true, why do injustices and unmerited suffering persist?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_value_human_righteousness.htm">In Job 22:2-3, if God gains nothing from human righteousness, how do we reconcile this with other passages emphasizing God's delight in obedience?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_16_11_suggest_god_delivers_innocents.htm">In Job 16:11, why would a just God 'deliver' the innocent to the ungodly, contradicting passages that promise divine protection?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">Thou shalt put away iniquity.</span>--All this implies the imputation of apostasy and iniquity to Job.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If thou shalt return to the Almighty</span>. Eliphaz, like Bildad in <a href="/job/8-5.htm">Job 8:5</a>, and Zophar in <a href="/job/11-13.htm">Job 11:13</a>, taxes Job with having fallen away from God, almost with having apostatized. All his prophecies of future prosperity rest upon the assumption that Job, having fallen away, is now about to turn to God, repent of his misdoings, and be again received with favour<span class="cmt_word">. Thou shall be built up</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "restored, re-established! <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles</span> (comp. <a href="/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14</a>, where Zophar implies that Job's tents have ill-gotten gains concealed in them). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/22-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you return</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּשׁ֣וּב</span> <span class="translit">(tā·šūḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘a·ḏō·ša-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Almighty,</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁ֭דַּי</span> <span class="translit">(day)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7706.htm">Strong's 7706: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will be restored.</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּבָּנֶ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(tib·bā·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><br /><span class="word">If you remove</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּרְחִ֥יק</span> <span class="translit">(tar·ḥîq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7368.htm">Strong's 7368: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become far or distant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">injustice</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֝וְלָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘aw·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5766.htm">Strong's 5766: </a> </span><span class="str2">Injustice, unrighteousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from your tents</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ā·ho·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/22-23.htm">Job 22:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/22-23.htm">OT Poetry: Job 22:23 If you return to the Almighty you (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/22-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 22:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 22:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/22-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 22:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 22:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>