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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/22.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Listen to his instructions, and store them in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Please receive instruction from His mouth, And put His words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Please receive instruction from His mouth And establish His words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Please receive instruction from His mouth, And establish His words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Please receive instruction from His mouth And set His words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Please receive the law <i>and</i> instruction from His mouth And establish His words in your heart <i>and</i> keep them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Receive instruction from his mouth, and place his sayings in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Receive instruction from His mouth, and place His sayings in your heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Listen to his teachings and take them to heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Accept instruction from his mouth, and keep his words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Accept the teaching he gives; keep his words in your heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Accept what he has to teach you, and treasure his words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Please receive a law from His mouth, "" And set His sayings in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Take now the law from his mouth, and set his words in thy heart.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Accept the law from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Receive instruction from his mouth, and place his words in your heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Receive the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Accept the law from his mouth and he shall put his words in your heart<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/22-22.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=3492" 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">21</span>Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qaḥ- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">Receive</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·rāh (N-fs) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">instruction</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: mip·pîw (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">from His mouth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wə·śîm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and lay up</a> <a href="/hebrew/561.htm" title="561: ’ă·mā·rāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Speech, word. From 'amar; something said.">His words</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: bil·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">in your heart.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents…<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="/proverbs/2-1.htm">Proverbs 2:1-6</a></span><br />My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, / if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, / if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-21.htm">James 1:21</a></span><br />Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-11.htm">Psalm 119:11</a></span><br />I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-20.htm">Proverbs 4:20-22</a></span><br />My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. / Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart. / For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a></span><br />Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18</a></span><br />Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-1.htm">Proverbs 3:1-2</a></span><br />My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; / for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">2 Timothy 3:16-17</a></span><br />All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, / so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/19-7.htm">Psalm 19:7-11</a></span><br />The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple. / The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. / The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-7.htm">John 15:7</a></span><br />If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-1.htm">Proverbs 7:1-3</a></span><br />My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. / Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. / Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a></span><br />For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Psalm 119:105</a></span><br />Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Matthew 7:24-25</a></span><br />Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/1-8.htm">Joshua 1:8</a></span><br />This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.</p><p class="hdg">receive</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">Deuteronomy 4:1,2</a></b></br> Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do <i>them</i>, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/2-1.htm">Proverbs 2:1-9</a></b></br> My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-1.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:1,2</a></b></br> Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort <i>you</i> by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, <i>so</i> ye would abound more and more… </p><p class="hdg">lay up</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/23-12.htm">Job 23:12</a></b></br> Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary <i>food</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-9</a></b></br> And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-11.htm">Psalm 119:11</a></b></br> Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/21-29.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/esther/9-31.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/job/20-14.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-8.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/job/21-5.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/job/21-5.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/20-10.htm">Please</a> <a href="/job/17-3.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/job/4-12.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/job/15-3.htm">Sayings</a> <a href="/job/21-19.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/job/21-22.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/job/21-34.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/32-21.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/job/36-7.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/job/23-12.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/job/33-16.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/job/22-24.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/job/23-4.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/32-21.htm">Please</a> <a href="/job/34-9.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/job/27-13.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/job/23-12.htm">Sayings</a> <a href="/job/23-12.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/job/22-25.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/job/23-5.htm">Words</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>Receive instruction from His mouth</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the importance of divine revelation and guidance. In the context of the Book of Job, Eliphaz is urging Job to listen to God's wisdom. The concept of receiving instruction directly from God is a recurring theme in the Bible, highlighting the value of divine wisdom over human understanding. In <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a>, it is stated that man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord, underscoring the necessity of spiritual nourishment. The phrase also reflects the cultural context of ancient Israel, where oral tradition and spoken word were primary means of communication and teaching.<p><b>and lay up His words in your heart</b><br>This part of the verse calls for internalizing God's words, suggesting a deep, personal commitment to His teachings. The heart, in biblical terms, often represents the center of one's being, including mind, will, and emotions. This mirrors the exhortation found in <a href="/psalms/119-11.htm">Psalm 119:11</a>, where the psalmist declares, "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." The idea is to treasure and meditate on God's words, allowing them to transform one's life. This internalization is a precursor to living out God's commandments, as seen in the Shema of <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a>, where the Israelites are instructed to keep God's words on their hearts and teach them diligently to their children.<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, offering his perspective on Job's suffering and urging him to return to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/teman.htm">Teman</a></b><br>- A region in Edom, known for its wise men. Eliphaz is identified as a Temanite, suggesting he is considered wise and knowledgeable.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>- The ultimate source of wisdom and instruction, whose words are to be received and treasured.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_book_of_job.htm">The Book of Job</a></b><br>- A poetic and philosophical text in the Old Testament that explores themes of suffering, justice, and the nature of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/receiving_god's_instruction.htm">Receiving God's Instruction</a></b><br>Emphasize the importance of actively listening to God's word, as it is the source of true wisdom and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/internalizing_scripture.htm">Internalizing Scripture</a></b><br>Encourage believers to memorize and meditate on Scripture, allowing it to shape their thoughts and actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_humility.htm">The Role of Humility</a></b><br>Highlight the need for humility in receiving God's instruction, recognizing our dependence on His wisdom rather than our own understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_god's_word.htm">Transformation through God's Word</a></b><br>Discuss how internalizing God's word leads to transformation, aligning our lives with His will and purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a></b><br>Reflect on the role of community in understanding and applying God's word, as seen in the dialogue between Job and his friends.<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/does_proverbs_26_7_contradict_other_wisdom.htm">Proverbs 26:7: Does the idea of a proverb in a fool's mouth being 'useless' conflict with other Bible passages that suggest all wisdom is beneficial?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_humans_teach_an_all-knowing_god.htm">In Job 21:22, how can humans teach God anything if He is described elsewhere as all-knowing and beyond counsel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_send_a_'lying_spirit'.htm">In 1 Kings 22:19-23, how can a just and holy God send a 'lying spirit' to deceive Ahab's prophets?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_debt.htm">What does the Bible say about Christian debt?</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>(22) <span class= "bld">The law from his mouth.</span>--It would be highly interesting to know whether by this <span class= "ital">law </span>(Torah), the Law, the Torah, was in any way alluded to. One is naturally disposed to think that since Job seems to be the one Gentile book of the Old Testament, the one book in which the literature of Israel touches the world at large, it must, therefore, be prior to the Law, or else have been written in independence and ignorance of it. The former seems by far the more reasonable supposition, and certainly the life depicted appears to be that of the patriarchal times before the giving of the Law. And yet, on the other hand, it is hard to know what could be meant by "His words" prior to the Mosaic Revelation, unless, indeed, the expression is a witness to the consciousness of that inner revelation of the voice of God in the conscience which the holy in all ages have never wanted.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth</span>; or, <span class="accented">receive now instruction from his mouth.</span> The supposition of some commentators, that the "Law of Moses" is intended, is negatived by the entire absence from the Book of any allusion to the details of the Mosaic legislation, as well as by the primitive character of the life depicted in the book, and the certainty that no one of the interlocutors is an Israelite. The Hebrew <span class="hebrew">תּורה</span>, without the article prefixed, is properly "instruction," and is only to be assumed as meaning "the Law" when the context shows this meaning to be probable. The "instruction" to which Eliphaz here points, and which he regards as instruction from God's mouth, is probably the teaching of religious men, such as himself, which he considered to have come from God originally, though, perhaps, he could not have explained how. <span class="cmt_word">And lay up his words in thine heart</span>. This is a mere variant of the preceding clause, and adds no fresh idea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/22-22.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">Receive</span><br /><span class="heb">קַח־</span> <span class="translit">(qaḥ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">instruction</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹרָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from His mouth,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפִּ֣יו</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and lay up</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׂ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His words</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲ֝מָרָ֗יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·mā·rāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_561.htm">Strong's 561: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something said</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your heart.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bil·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/22-22.htm">Job 22:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/22-22.htm">Job 22:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/22-22.htm">Job 22:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/22-22.htm">Job 22:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/22-22.htm">Job 22:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/22-22.htm">Job 22:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/22-22.htm">Job 22:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/22-22.htm">Job 22:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/22-22.htm">Job 22:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/22-22.htm">Job 22:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/22-22.htm">OT Poetry: Job 22:22 Please receive instruction from his mouth (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/22-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 22:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 22:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/22-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 22:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 22:23" /></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>