Job 22:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:e thereby good shall come unto thee. ”

• Job 22:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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,...

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• Job 22:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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.

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• Job 22:21 - 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 22:1-5 . Is it n...

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• Job 22:21 - 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...

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• Job 22:21 - 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 prejudi...

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• Job 22:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. Acquaint now thyself with him - Perhaps the verb הסכן hasken should be translated here, treasure up, or lay up. Lay...

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• Job 22:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Acquaint now thyself, &c.— Humble thyself, I pray thee, before him, and make restitution. Heath.

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• Job 22:21 - 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. Tur...

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• Job 22:21 - 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 l...

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• Job 22:21 - 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 “There...

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• Job 22:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XIX. DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERROR Job 22:1-30 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE second colloquy has practically exhausted the subject of debate between Job and his friends. The three have really nothing more to...

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• Job 22:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Acquaint Thyself with God” Job 22:1-30 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,...

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• Job 22:21 - 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 ma...

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• Job 22:21 - 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 de...

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• Job 22:21 - 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, flo...

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• Job 22:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 exhortat...

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• Job 22:21 - 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 hu...

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• Job 22:21 - 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...

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• Job 22:21 - L. 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 wo...

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• Job 22:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Good Counsel of Eliphaz; Encouragements to Return to God. B. C. 1520.       21 Acquaint...

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• Job 22:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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...

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• Job 22:21 - 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...

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• Job 22:21 - 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...

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• Job 22:21 - 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 i...

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• Job 22:21 - 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 view...

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• Job 22:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 22:1-18 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),...

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• Job 22:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 b...

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• Job 22:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; 2 Corinthians 5:20 ; Acts 10:36 ; Ephesians 2:14-17 ; Isaiah 27:5 ; Isaiah 57:19-21 ; John 17:3 ; Matthew 5:25 ; Philippians 4:7

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• Job 22:21 - 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 se...

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