You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
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You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
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Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
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Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, and light shall shine upon thy ways.
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Passages linked to Job 22:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 21:22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
- Psalms 90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.
- Psalms 20:4 May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.
- Isaiah 30:21 and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
- John 8:12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Lamentations 3:37 Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
- Malachi 4:2 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
- Psalms 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
- Job 29:3 when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
- Psalms 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
- James 4:15 For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, the favor of God.
That is, the favor of God.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and…
Job 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Ver. 28. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee] God will be better to thee than thy prayers; and prosper all thy counsels, effect thy designs. The ungodly are not so, as is to be seen in those revolted Israelites, Jdg 2:1-3, in King Saul, and in our King John. Or if they have their designs, it is for a further mischief to them. As, if the godly be crossed, it is in mercy; like as the story is told of our Queen Isabel, that being to repass from Zealand into England with an army, they had all been utterly cast away had she come unto the port intended, being there expected by her enemies. But Providence, against her will, brought her to another place, where she safely landed. The like is reported of Bishop Jewel, that being sought for by the Popish persecutors, he had been caught, but that, going to London, he lost his way (Mr Clark in his Life, p. 262).
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And the light shall shine upon thy ways] That is to say, God will inspire thee with good counsel and direction in all thine affairs (Diod.), and turn thine ill-counsels into good unto thee (as the heathens thought Minerva did to her Athenians, and as the Romans fancied of their goddess Vibilia, that she set them in their right way when they were wandering), or will shine over them with his blessing, contrary to thy complaint, Job 19:8.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thy purposes and designs shall not be disappointed, but…
Thy purposes and designs shall not be disappointed, but effected and ratified by God; which is a great satisfaction. In all thy counsels, and courses, and actions, God shall give thee the light of his direction and governance, and of comfort and success; and thou shalt not be in such a dark, and doubtful, and perplexed condition as now thou art.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain When men are cast down,.... Wicked men are brought…
When men are cast down,.... Wicked men are brought down from a state of prosperity to a state of adversity, are in low circumstances, great straits and difficulties:
then thou shall say, there is lifting up; that is, for himself and his; when others are in adversity, he should be in prosperity; when others are cast down into a very low estate and distressed condition, he should be exalted to a very high estate, and be in affluent circumstances, see Psa 147:6; or else the sense is, when thou and thine, and what belong to thee, are humbled and brought low, then thou mayest promise thyself a restoration and change for the better; and boldly say, they will be lifted up, and raised up again, since God's usual method is to exalt the humble, and to abase the proud, Luk 14:11; or rather, this may respect the benefit and advantage that humble persons wound gain by Job, and his prayers for them, and may be rendered and interpreted thus: "when they have humbled" (q) themselves, and bowed themselves low at thy feet, and especially before God, "then thou shall say", pray unto God for them, that "there may be a lifting up", raising them up out of their low estate, and thou shall be heard:
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and he shall save the humble person; that is, "low of eyes" (r), humble in his eyes; who is so pressed with troubles and distress, that he hangs down his head, looks upon the ground, and will not lift up his eyes, but is of a dejected countenance; or that is low in his own eyes, has humble thoughts of himself, esteems others better than himself, and lies low before God under a sense of his sinfulness and unworthiness, and casts himself entirely upon the grace and mercy of God; such an one he saves, in a spiritual sense, out of his troubles and afflictions; he does not forget the cry of such humble ones, but remembers them, and grants their desires: and he saves the lowly and humble with a spiritual and eternal salvation; gives more grace unto them, and outfits them for glory, and at last gives glory itself; raises them on high to sit among princes, and to inherit the throne of glory; the meek shall inherit the earth, the new heavens and earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness, Jam 4:6.
(q) "quum humiliaverint", Montanus, Cocceius, Michaelis. (r) "demissum oculis", Montanus, Beza, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "humilem oculis", Vatablus.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Established - Thy purposes shalt not be disappointed, but…
Established - Thy purposes shalt not be disappointed, but ratified by God. And in all thy counsels, and actions, God shall give thee the light of his direction and governance, and of comfort and success.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 28. Thou shalt also decree a thing] Whatsoever…
Verse 28. Thou shalt also decree a thing] Whatsoever thou purposest in his strength, thou shalt be enabled to accomplish.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 22:28-29. It shall be established — Thy purposes…
Job 22:28-29. It shall be established — Thy purposes shall not be disappointed, but ratified by God. And in all thy counsels and actions God shall give thee the light of his direction and governance, and of comfort and success. When men are cast down — When, in a time of general calamity, all are cast down round about thee, cast down in their affairs, cast down in their spirits, sinking, desponding, ready to despair; when men’s hearts fail them for fear, or, rather, according to the Hebrew, (in which there is nothing for men, and which is only כי השׁפילו, chi hishpilu, cum depresserint,) when they have cast thee down, or, when thou art cast down; when God, in the course of his providence, shall bring thee, or suffer thee to be brought, into any trouble which he sees will be good for thee; thou shalt say — Within thyself, with good confidence and assurance; There is lifting up — Or, there shall be lifting up; either, 1st, For them, who, if they repent and humble themselves, shall be preserved and restored: or, rather, for thee and thine: God will deliver thee, when others are crushed and destroyed. Hebrew, Thou shalt say, גרה, gerah, exaltation! an expression to be admired for its conciseness and comprehensiveness. Thou shalt expect exaltation in the time of depression; nay, thy depression shall be in order to, and the means of, thy exaltation. And thou shalt find that consolation in thyself, which will not only bear thee up under thy troubles, and keep thee from fainting, but lift thee up above thy troubles, and enable thee to rejoice notwithstanding them. And he — God, from whom alone cometh salvation; shall save — Temporally from the evils here mentioned, and eternally from other and infinitely greater evils; the humble person — Hebrew, שׁח עינים, shach gneinaim, him that hath low or cast-down eyes; which phrase may denote, either, 1st, Humility and lowliness of mind, as pride is often expressed by high or lofty looks; and so this is a tacit reproof of Job, for his confident justification of himself: or, 2d, Lowness of state and condition, as Jas 1:10. And so understood, it describes him, whose eyes and countenance are dejected by reason of great troubles and miseries.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall…
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee - Thou shalt form a purpose or plan, and it shall not be frustrated. It shall not be opposed by the events of divine Providence, but whatever you undertake shall prosper.
And the light shall shine upon thy ways - Thou shalt be prospered in all things, instead of being overtaken with calamity.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Decree. Thy projects shall succeed. Septuagint, "But he shall…
Decree. Thy projects shall succeed. Septuagint, "But he shall appoint for thee the rule of justice." (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain
light--success.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain b. His prayers shall prevail with God, not only…
b. His prayers shall prevail with God, not only on his own behalf, but on the behalf of others; an unconscious prediction of the final offices Job was called to fulfil, Job_22:26-30.
28. Decree a thing — In a certain sense, under the economy of grace, man’s decrees become God’s decrees. The purposes of faith God is pleased to accept, and thus they become His purpose. The fiat of man in itself may be but a tinkling cymbal — in the scheme of grace it may become the power of God.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (28) Thou shalt also decree a thing.—As, for instance,…
(28) Thou shalt also decree a thing.—As, for instance, in the memorable case of Abraham’s intercession for Sodom, to which there is not improbably an allusion here.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall…
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. Whatever thou resolvest on, i.e. , God shall ratify with his authority, and bring to pass in due time for thy benefit a promise which has certainly "a touch of audacity" about it (Cook). David is less bold, but intends to give the same sort of encouragement when he says, "Delight thyself in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart; commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. (Psa_37:4, Psa_37:5) And the light shall shine upon thy ways. Job had complained of the "darkness" by which his path was shadowed. (Job_19:8) Eliphaz promises that this cause of complaint shall be removed. Job"s way shall be "made plain before his face." A bright light shall illumine it a light that shall ever "shine more and more unto the perfect day". (Pro_4:18)
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