Job 22:23
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent
Other Translations of Job 22:23
King James Version
23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
English Standard Version
23 If you return to the Almighty you will be built up; if you remove injustice far from your tents,
The Message
23 Come back to God Almighty and he'll rebuild your life. Clean house of everything evil.
New King James Version
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
New Living Translation
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored- so clean up your life.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 22:23
Commentary on Job 22:21-30
(Read Job 22:21-30)
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, as to Job, it was built upon a false supposition that he was a stranger and enemy to God. Let us beware of slandering our brethren; and if it be our lot to suffer in this manner, let us remember how Job was treated; yea, how Jesus was reviled, that we may be patient. Let us examine whether there may not be some colour for the slander, and walk watchfully, so as to be clear of all appearances of evil.